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 George R. Wickware (ASN: 37508620), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 222d Infantry Regiment, 42d Infantry Division. On 6 January 1945, at Gambsheim, France, after leading his squad in an attack on the railroad station, Staff Sergeant Wickware was wounded in the elbow and thigh by mortar fire, as a result of which he was rendered unable to walk. Notwithstanding his wounds, and while under constant enemy fire, he deployed his squad, then crawled to a wounded soldier and administered first aid, paying no attention to his own wounds until arrival of an aid man to take care of the wounded. Because of his wounds, Sergeant Wickware was unable to be evacuated when his company was forced to withdraw because of attack by a superior enemy force and has been missing in action.