James M. Adcock

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to James M. Adcock (20904276), Technician Third Grade, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while serving as a Medical Aidmen with the 160th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division, on Negros, Philippine Islands, on 23 April 1945. When wounded by a mortar shell which fell in the command post of the company with which he was acting as Aid Man, Technician Third Grade Adcock refused medical treatment for himself until all others had been treated. Despite a shrapnel wound which robbed him of the use of his right arm he personally treated several of the wounded and gave instructions so that the riflemen could take care of the others. His devotion to duty under such circumstances reflects high credit upon the military service.