Charles P. Inman

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in Lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star Medal to Charles P. Inman (0-530052), Captain [then First Lieutenant], (Infantry), U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, on 2 February 1945, in Germany. On that date, heavy enemy machine gun fire suddenly wounded one man and pinned Lieutenant Inman’s platoon down. Fearlessly exposing himself to the machine gun fire and an added mortar concentration, he went to the aid of the wounded man. Lieutenant Inman killed two of the enemy who appeared in a doorway near him and then dragged the wounded man into the house to protect him from an added burst of machine gun fire which this action drew. He then was able to locate the machine gun and, by pouring paralyzing fire into the position, kept it neutralized while his platoon advanced.