The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Technician Fifth Grade Walter G. Lyon (ASN: 31114858), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the Medical Detachment, 20th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy on 24 September 1944, in Holland. Technician Fifth Grade Lyon, an Aid Man, was attached to a cannon company of an Infantry unit. Heavy enemy fire was being directed on the cannon company’s position and after about thirty minutes of this enemy fire, a shell fell squarely between two gun emplacements, wounding one of the gunners. Technician Fifth Grade Lyon, with complete disregard for the hazards involved, left the comparative safety of his fox hole and went to the aid of the wounded man. He succeeded in moving him into a covered fox hole to protect him from further injury. While he was thus engaged another cannoneer received a direct hit on his covered foxhole, burying him several feet under ground. Technician Fifth Grade Lyon, once more left a place of safety, organized a detail, and while sill under the intense enemy fire, freed the severely wounded and buried soldier. While treating this man, Technician Fifth Grade Lyon was wounded, but continued to give first aid and refused medical aid himself until all the more seriously wounded had been evacuated. The personal courage, bravery, and intense devotion to duty displayed by Technician Fifth Grade Lyon reflect great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Armed Forces.