John Ferchak

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to John Ferchak (13011992), Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while serving as a Platoon Sergeant with Company A, 3d Tank Battalion, 10th Armored Division, at Dillingen, Germany, on 26 March 1945. While seeking a bypass around a destroyed bridge, Staff Sergeant Ferchak courageously dismounted from his tank and personally neutralized several enemy bazooka teams with small arms fire during the course of his mission. His gallant achievement reflects great credit upon himself and the military forces of the United States.