Maynard E. Weidmann

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Maynard E. Weidmann (0-1540879), First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a Platoon Leader of Company K, 3d Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division. On 27 April 1951, while acting as a blocking force near Hongbok, Korea, Company K was cut off from the battalion by a numerically superior enemy. Lieutenant Weidmann, First Platoon Leader, was given the mission of delivering a flank attack coordinated with a frontal assault by the remainder of the company. Ordering his men to fix bayonets Lieutenant Weidmann courageously led the attack. Inspired by his leadership, the platoon struck the enemy with such fierceness that the breakthrough was effected and the enemy routed. Having broken through the hostile encirclement, he returned to search the sector for wounded. The gallantry and aggressive leadership displayed by Lieutenant Weidmann reflect the highest credit upon himself and the military service.