Charles Andrew MacGillivary (January 17, 1917 – June 24, 2000) was a Medal of Honor recipient, born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Born to Cardigan Scot Roland MacGillivary and Minnie Quinn, he attended Queens Square School in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada and joined the Merchant Marine at age 16.

Ammunition was low and the company was pinned down[2] by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, a Waffen-SS panzer unit in Wœlfling, France.

[citation needed] MacGillivary was one of 28 World War II service members who received the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony on August 23, 1945.

[3] MacGillivary's citation reads as follows: He led a squad when his unit moved forward in darkness to meet the threat of a breakthrough by elements of the 17th German Panzer Grenadier Division.

As he reported this information, several German machine guns opened fire, stopping the American advance.

He circled from the left through woods and snow, carefully worked his way to the emplacement, and shot the two camouflaged gunners at a range of three feet as other enemy forces withdrew.

Skillfully taking advantage of all available cover, he stalked the enemy, reached a hostile machine gun, and blasted its crew with a grenade.

Through his indomitable fighting spirit, great initiative, and utter disregard for personal safety in the face of powerful enemy resistance, Sgt.

MacGillivary destroyed four hostile machine guns and immeasurably helped his company to continue on its mission with minimum casualties.

His daughter Charlene Corea remembered him as being particularly busy in the winter inspecting Christmas trees that entered the United States from Canada.

Sergeant Charles A. MacGillivary was enrolled as a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, the third oldest chartered military organization in the world on April 6, 1992.