The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Staff Sergeant John E. Weick (ASN: 20721741), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in the vicinity of *****, Normandy, France, 17 July 1944. Seeing a comrade lying wounded and unconscious in an open field near a hedgerow, exposed to heavy concentrations of enemy machine gun, mortar and artillery fire, and believing that further injury might befall the wounded man while in this dangerous position, Sergeant Weick crawled over a hedge into the field and proceeded to withdraw the wounded man to a position of safety. Forced to stop several times due to heavy concentrations of fire, Sergeant Weick shielded his comrade’s body with his own, and was himself wounded while attempting to lift the injured soldier over a hedge. The gallant action of Sergeant Weick embodied in his desire to save the life of a comrade at the risk of his own, his courage and disregard for personal safety, reflects high credit upon his character as a soldier.