Setzuo Yamashiro

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Setzuo Yamashiro (30104473), Private First Class, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Company C, 100th Infantry Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 92d Infantry Division, near Casala, Italy, on 18 April 1945. During the rescue of a patrol from another company, Private First Class Yamashiro dashed across fifty yards of open ground under enemy fire to a strategic house. He was seriously wounded, but he helped his comrades fire a machine gun on hostile positions. Although the enemy concentrated their efforts on the automatic weapon, he maintained his post and pinned down a large portion of the hostile forces, enabling another squad to rescue the patrol. Private First Class Yamashiro’s courageous actions were exemplary and reflect the highest traditions of the Army of the United States.