The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Kenneth G. Maddox (ASN: 0-1293433), United States Army, for gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry, in directing one of his antitank gun crews guarding a main road into Clerf, Luxembourg, when his position was attacked by enemy tanks and infantry on 17 December 1944. Busily engaging in destroying one of the enemy tanks, the men of his gun crew failed to notice the approach of an enemy soldier with a machine gun. Seeing that the enemy soldier was about to fire on his group at close range, Lieutenant Maddox courageously jumped in front of his men and received the entire burst from the machine gun, at the same time wounding his assailant with his weapon. The gallantry displayed by Lieutenant Maddox in sacrificing his own safety, undoubtedly saved the lives of several men of his gun crew and reflects great credit upon him and the armed forces of the United States.