Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Soldier’s Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    15th Infantry Regiment

    Action Date:

    February 1, 1925

    War Department, General Orders No. 6 (1928)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to Sergeant Maxwell Weinstein (ASN: R-625515), United States Army, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed while serving with the Regimental Band, 15th Infantry Regiment, in entering a burning building at the risk of his life during the evening of 1 February, 1925 at Tientsin, China, and rescuing a woman, who was in an unconscious condition on the second floor of her home, carrying her down a burning stairway to safety.