The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Technical Sergeant Anthony Iannucilli (ASN: 31385873), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 222d Infantry Regiment, 42d Infantry Division, in action on 3 April 1945 in Wurzburg, Germany. During the attack in the City of Wurzburg, Sergeant Iannucilli’s platoon was held up by enemy Panzerfaust fire that was banked off the wall of a concrete building in such a way that none of the enemy were exposed. Leading one of his squads, Sergeant Iannucilli worked his way to the far side of the building where fragmentation grenades were thrown through the windows. When it was discovered that the Germans were protected by an intervening wall, Sergeant Iannucilli, although wounded by a rocket fragment, reached a corner of the building and threw two white phosphorous grenades into the room by banking them off the wall in the same manner as the Panzerfaust had been fired. By his courageous action two of the enemy were killed and the building set on fire, forcing the remaining fifteen Germans to surrender, and eliminating a strong enemy position.