Clarence John Aschenbrenner
Born: May 30, 1918 at New Ulm, Minnesota
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Clarence John Aschenbrenner, Seaman Second Class, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action during the attack on the U.S.S. MARBLEHEAD (CL-12) by Japanese forces on 10 February 1942. Seaman Second Class Aschenbrenner performed tremendous feats of lifting and moving heavy wreckage ceaselessly for forty-eight hours.
