Benjamin F. Clifton

Staff Sergeant, U. S. Army Air Force

Silver Star

GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, VII Bomber Command, General Orders No. 62 (July 30, 1942)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Staff Sergeant Benjamin F. Clifton (ASN: 6250950), United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action as a combat crew member of a United States Heavy Bomber in the 31st Bombardment Squadron, 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy), SEVENTH Air Force, in the Battle of Midway between 3 and 7 June 1942.