The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant Peter William Weiss (MCSN: 0-103881), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a Platoon Commander with Company B, First Battalion, Twenty-Sixth Marines, THIRD Marine Division, in connection with operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam. On the morning of 30 March 1968, Company B launched an attack on a well entrenched, numerically superior North Vietnamese Army force near the Khe Sanh Combat Base and immediately came under intense automatic weapons, mortar, and anti-tank rocket fire. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Second Lieutenant Weiss quickly deployed his men and, with complete disregard for his own safety, fearlessly led a determined assault across seventy-five meters of fireswept terrain. Exposing himself to the intense fire, he delivered a heavy volume of fire into the fortified positions, enabling his platoon to maneuver forward and forcing the North Vietnamese soldiers to flee in panic and confusion. Observing an enemy mortar position, he accurately hurled a hand grenade into the emplacement, destroying the hostile weapon. Undaunted by the enemy fire, he calmly supervised the evacuation of all casualties and personally carried several injured Marines to positions of relative safety. His resolute determination and heroic actions inspired all who served with him and were instrumental in accounting for 115 North Vietnamese soldiers confirmed killed. By his courage, aggressive fighting spirit and unfaltering devotion to duty in the face of great personal danger, Second Lieutenant Weiss upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.