The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to Private Joseph Lenzi (MCSN: 395343), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action at New Georgia, Solomon Islands, in working his way forward over ground swept by enemy automatic weapons fire to silence the weapon with a hand grenade, thus enabling his squad to resume its patrol and accomplish its mission on 8 July 1943.