Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

Cmdr. Seymour D. Owens, USN, Marblehead, Mass, (posthumously): Detailed to cover the left flank of a feint landing south of Tinian town to draw enemy fire away from the actual landings to the north, he maneuvered his ship perilously close inshore in the face of heavy fire from Japanese coastal defense guns and skillfully directed effective fire support for the boat waves until he was killed at his post.

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• - Recipients of The Navy Cross, 1916 - Present, by C. Douglas Sterner