Corpsman to be receive Silver Star
NavyTimes.com - Springfield,VA,USA
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jan 8, 2009 14:40:56 EST
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — The Marine Corps will present the Navy Cross on Thursday to a junior grenadier credited with saving the lives of 10 fellow infantrymen and decimating a force of insurgents during a deadly 2005 firefight inside an Iraqi home.
Three other members of his infantry squad with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, will receive Silver Stars during the ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Calif., according to 1st Lt. Curtis Williamson, a 1st Marine Division spokesman. A fourth Silver Star will be presented to the family of their former platoon commander, who died in the battle against 21 heavily-armed insurgents in western Anbar province.
Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter recently approved the Navy Cross for Lance Cpl. Joshua A. Mooi, a grenadier assigned to Fox Company’s 2nd Platoon. The Navy Cross is the nation’s second highest award for combat valor, after the Medal of Honor.
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Comment left on post states his name is Joshua R. Mooi
Please correct my brother in laws middle initial as it is "R" not "A". Thanks! Rebecca Mooi
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