sorry.....it is not awarded in any of the three versions of his SS citations, for which the existence of #s 2 and 3 is suspicious.....but of course one wouldn't expect to see it there, as the actual reg in the post immediately above yours shows.
Army vs Navy difference ---- based on the above re: Silver Star ---- a distinction which in no way mitigates the real issue.
Ahhhh....I was only pointing out that that is indeed the correct (Navy) terminology, and I recognize that the army-navy difference in no way mitigates the real issue.
The point is that it's obviously a clerical error on his DD-214. What's the implication, that it was forged?