Delfin Edward Marek

1st Lieutenant, U. S. Army

Silver Star

GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 3d Infantry Division, General Orders No. 223 (June 23, 1945)
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 First Lieutenant (Infantry), [then Second Lieutenant] Delfin E. Marek (ASN: 0-1062691), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company C, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division.
On 20 April 1945, at about 0530 hours, in Nurnburg, Germany, when his platoon was fired on at a range of fifty yards by an enemy machine gun and fifteen supporting riflemen armed with Panzerfaust, First Lieutenant Marek dashed toward the enemy. Although stunned by the explosion of a Panzerfaust that burst within ten feet of him, and barely missed by enemy bullets, he continued to within twenty yards of the enemy and killed two and wounded several of their number with his carbine in a swift exchange. Then, signaling his men to follow, he led them in a swift, vicious charge killing three, wounding four, and forcing the remaining enemy to flee.