Jerry J. Crowley

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Jerry J. Crowley (20714558), Corporal, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Battery B, *** Field Artillery Battalion, 34th Infantry Division, on ** November 1943, in the vicinity of *****, Italy. While on duty as an instrument corporal on an observation post with a forward observer, Corporal Crowley was informed that their telephone line had been broken due to effective enemy artillery fire. With utter disregard for his own personal safety, he left his position behind a stone wall and set out under the heavy shell fire and under the direct observation of the enemy to repair the broken line. Although shells landed as close as fifteen feet from him, Corporal Crowley found and repaired the break in the line, thereby enabling the forward observer to continue to direct effective fire upon the enemy. Corporal Crowley’s initiative, devotion to duty and courage was exemplary and a credit to the Armed Forces of the United States.