Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Batallion:

    1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion

    Division:

    1st Marine Division (Rein.)

    Action Date:

    November 7, 1950

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Donald W. Goschke (MCSN: 446977), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a member of a Train Guard Detail of Company A, First Amphibian Tractor Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 7 November 1950. When a numerically superior hostile force attacked the supply train which his unit had been assigned to protect, Sergeant Goschke observed a member of his detail seriously wounded in an open field during the ensuing bitter fight. Fearlessly risking his life, he unhesitatingly ran through heavy enemy machine-gun and small arms fire for a distance of approximately sixty yards to assist a Corpsman in carrying the wounded Marine to a place of safety. By his daring initiative, coolness under fire and grave concern for another at great risk to his own life, Sergeant Goschke served as an inspiration to all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and of the United States Naval Service.