Silver Star

The platoon commander, Lieutenant Neal, was given the Navy Cross.

The other two squad leaders were, were awarded Silver Stars.

The platoon, Del- First Platoon, they were given a Meritorious Unit Commendation as a platoon size element, not as a company or battalion, but a platoon, which that's only happened three times in the 250 years that the Marine Corps has been around, that a platoon has been given a MUC.

And so that was my, that was my dad.

He was the first member of the United States Navy to receive that award since the Vietnam War.

His other posthumous awards include the Silver Star Medal and the Purple Heart.

Murphy's Irish-American parents were Maureen and Daniel Murphy.

Daniel Murphy was a wounded Vietnam veteran also.

He was the first member of the United States Navy to receive that award since the Vietnam War.

His other posthumous awards include the Silver Star Medal and the Purple Heart.

Murphy's Irish-American parents were Maureen and Daniel Murphy.

Daniel Murphy was a wounded Vietnam veteran also.

1st Platoon of Charlie Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division became the most highly decorated unit of its size in the entire history of the United States military.

Decorations included the Medal of Honor, four Navy Crosses, the nation's second-highest award for valor, thirteen Silver Stars, the third-highest valor awards, and eighteen Purple Hearts.

Every man on the hill was either killed or wounded.

Few would have noticed anything unique or particularly special about 1st Platoon before the night of 15-16 June, 1966.