The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Eugene Davis (ASN: 39465492), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company A, 276th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division, on 4 January 1945, in France. When during an enemy assault, a German combat patrol infiltrated past our front lines and threatened to split a company, Private First Class Davis, realizing the danger, exposed himself to the superior firing power of the patrol, to single-handedly engage it. Despite being wounded, he hurled two hand grenades into the midst of the enemy, followed this by effective fire of his M-1 rifle, and succeeded in wiping out the entire enemy patrol and in removing the threat to his company.