Camp Pendleton Navy Corpsman To Be Awarded Navy Cross

Camp Pendleton Navy Corpsman To Be Awarded Navy Cross
KPBS News
By Beth Ford Roth
November 20, 2014

Navy Chief Petty Officer Justin Wilson

U.S. NAVY

The commanding general of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) will award Navy Chief Petty Officer Justin Wilson the Navy Cross at a Camp Pendleton ceremony on Nov. 25.

The Military Times reports Wilson, 36, works as a special amphibious reconnaissance corpsman assigned to MARSOC's 1st Marine Special Operation Battalion, which is based at Camp Pendleton.

Wilson was on his third deployment to Afghanistan, according to the Navy Cross citation, when, along with several members of Marine Special Operations Team 8113, he was injured by an explosion on Sept. 28, 2011.
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