The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant [then Corporal] Stanley E. Beaugrand (ASN: 20634430), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company C, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32d Infantry Division, near Seputa, New Guinea, on 26 November 1942.