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 Private First Class] Carl A. Meeks, United States Army, for gallantry in action in connection with a military operation against an armed enemy while serving with Company I, 387th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Division. On 14 April 1945, near Schildgen, Germany, when a rifle company’s advance was halted by intense enemy fire, Sergeant Meeks boldly moved forward under heavy fire to a position from which, firing rifle grenades, he silenced three enemy machine guns and a 20-mm. gun and forced their withdrawal of numerous enemy riflemen. His daring and gallantry on this occasion permitted his company to advance and reflect great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces.