Edward E. Elliott

The Navy Cross is presented to Edward E. Elliott, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while a member of a Marine patrol in contact with a bandit group near Achuapa, Nicaragua, on 31 December 1930. The patrol of which he was a member, while on telephone line repair work, was attacked by a vastly superior force of bandits, and upon the opening of the bandit fire, Private Elliott, armed with a rifle, took up a position alongside the trail and returned fire. Upon the death of another member of the patrol, who was armed with an automatic weapon, Private Elliott, without regard for his personal safety, crawled over to his position, in the face of heavy fire, recovered the automatic weapon and though wounded shortly thereafter, continued firing until he was killed. Private Elliott’s conduct during this action was of the highest order and beyond the ordinary call of duty.