Harold F. Schock

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Harold F. Schock (33593639), Private First Class, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with Company C, 7th Armored Infantry Battalion, 8th Armored Division, in Germany on 11 April 1945. While engaged in mopping up operations in an enemy town, Private Schock heard a wounded comrade call for aid. Private Schock immediately manned a machine gun from an exposed position. Although wounded by enemy fire, he continued to give covering fire while medical aid men rendered aid to the wounded man and evacuated him. Private Schock’s action also held the enemy until elements of the company neutralized the resistance. His courage and devotion to duty reflects great credit on himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.