The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Edwin L. Dean (ASN: 37006282), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company E, 1st Ranger Battalion, on the early morning of 12 February 1943, in the vicinity 5 miles west of Sened Station, Tunisia. Private First Class Dean, acting as a scout for his squad, with fixed bayonet, charged a machine gun nest in the face of intense machine gun and rifle fire and captured and destroyed the personnel and equipment of the enemy position, which allowed the movement of the other members of his platoon to advance without loss to a point where they successfully continued the assault. Private First Class Dean’s courage and devotion to duty is highly commendable and reflects great credit upon the command.