Donald C. Meagher

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Silver Star Medal (Posthumously) to Donald C. Meagher, Corporal, U.S. Army Air Force, for gallantry in action while serving during the Japanese aerial attack on Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, on 7 December 1941. Corporal Meagher dispersed one of the attacking Japanese planes with the front guns of a grounded American airplane. He was killed when his plane was struck by an exploding shell.

Authority: “Heroes of Pearl Harbor”, Donald K. & Helen L. Ross