The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Herve Wilson (MCSN: 290581), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the First Battalion, Ninth Marines, THIRD Marine Division during action against enemy Japanese forces in the Battle of Piva Forks, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands on November 25, 1943. While engaged with his platoon in a fierce assault upon a strongly defended hostile position in thickly overgrown jungle terrain, Sergeant Wilson was painfully wounded in one leg during an advance toward enemy entrenchments. Courageously refusing to be evacuated he continued to fight with his platoon through a withering hail of fire from Japanese mortars, machine guns and heavy grenades until he was mortally wounded by a second shell. His bold determination and aggressive fighting spirit maintained with utter disregard of personal safety were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.