Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Private

    Action Date:

    July 8, 1943

    Headquarters, United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area, General Orders No. 392 (November 13, 1943)

    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.