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 Lloyd P. Washam (ASN: 38066774), United States Army, for gallantry in action at New Georgia, Solomon Islands, wherein he courageously left the protection of a shell hole, ran across a clearing exposed to heavy enemy fire, and administered first aid to a wounded comrade at the cost of a serious wound to himself on 31 July 1943.