The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Staff Sergeant Roy L. Bond (ASN: 35633156), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company G, 142d Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, in action on 9 November 1944 in France. Company G was subjected to a violent enemy counterattack, and intense small arms, mortar and rifle grenade fire inflicted heavy casualties on the friendly troops. When the rifle protection for the machine gun section was withdrawn to strengthen another sector, Sergeant Bond, the machine gun section sergeant, worked his way under the rapid bursts of hostile fire to the company command post and there secured a supply of hand grenades. He swiftly returned to the machine gun positions and distributed the grenades among his men, retaining several for himself. When he spotted a group of enemy soldiers moving up to a position under a rock ledge in preparation for an assault against his gun emplacements, Sergeant Bond again braved the shelling and small arms fire to crawl forward to the ledge. From this vantage point, he hurled grenades at the enemy below, forcing them to withdraw. While bravely exposing himself in order to throw the hand grenades, he was killed by fire from an enemy sniper.