The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Staff Sergeant Wesley Parker Ray (ASN: 6998555), United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action as a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Far East Air Forces, on 1 April 1942 at Agaloma Bay, Bataan, Philippine Islands. While under heavy enemy machine gun and rifle fire, he saw two wounded men in the area between the fighting lines. Without regard for his own safety, and moving under the continuing, heavy enemy fire, he immediately went to the stricken men and carried them to a place of safety. Sergeant Ray’s courage and fearless devotion to his comrades are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.