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 Lloyd P. LaVaux (ASN: 12218456), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 90th Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations. On 15 June 1944, Private LaVaux volunteered to accompany his lieutenant in an attempt to gain information from a civilian who was taking refuge in a house some distance beyond the American lines. During the interrogation of this civilian, a fire fight developed in the vicinity of the house and Private LaVaux found that they were 200 yards behind German positions. Realizing the importance of the information obtained if received in time, Private LaVaux left his place of comparative safety and worked his way back through the enemy positions and through 400 yards of intense small arms fire to his own lines. The meritorious achievement and devotion to duty of Private LaVaux aided materially in the subsequent successes at Valognes and Cherbourg.