Oglivie H. Davis

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Oglivie H. Davis (32046490), Sergeant [then Technician Third Grade], U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the Medical Detachment, 121st Infantry Regiment, in action against the enemy on 27 November 1944, in the Hurtgen Forest, Germany. When a medical aid station was completely demolished by a direct hit from an enemy shell, Sergeant Davis organized a volunteer medical supply group and proceeded through a heavy mined area and under enemy fire some two or three miles forward to the edge of Hurtgen, Germany, where he set up an emergency station. Though wounded in this gallant venture, he remained at his post treating the wounded. The courage, initiative, and heroic action displayed by Sergeant Davis were instrumental in saving many lives that might otherwise have been lost and reflect great credit on himself and the military service.