Charles A. Dumanski

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Charles A. Dumanski (33269429), Technician Third Grade, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while serving as a Rifleman with Company F, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division. Against a counterattack by a fanatical group of Germans in Nurnberg, Germany, on the early morning of 20 April 1945, Technician Third Grade Dumanski dodged Panzerfaust shell fragments, rifle and machine gun bullets to engage the hostile attackers with M-1 rifle fire from the upstairs window of a house. Although the Germans pushed to within 35 yards of his position he continued to fight and killed an enemy machine gunner whose fire had isolated a group of friendly riflemen from the balance of their company. Later in the fight, Technician Third Grade Dumanski killed a second German and contributed materially to repulsing the bulk of the enemy forces.