Eugene Davis

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Eugene Davis (39465492), Private First Class, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company A, 276th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division, on 4 January 1945, in France. When during an enemy assault, a German combat patrol infiltrated past our front lines and threatened to split a company, Private First Class Davis, realizing the danger, exposed himself to the superior firing power of the patrol, to single-handedly engage it. Despite being wounded, he hurled two hand grenades into the midst of the enemy, followed this by effective fire of his M-1 rifle, and succeeded in wiping out the entire enemy patrol and in removing the threat to his company.