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 John H. Kelly (ASN: 7006484), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, in Tunisia. On the night of ** March 1943, when the ** Battalion moved into the ******, Tunisia area, Staff Sergeant Kelly, in the absence of the platoon leader, took over these duties. His platoon was attached to Company **, which brought them on the left sector of the Battalion (remainder of citation missing).