The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Roy Omega Ellett (ASN: 33095179), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company A, 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy on 20 March 1945, in the Siegfried Line, Germany. When two enemy machine guns began firing from a pillbox at his squad, Sergeant Ellett directed his men to cover his advance with rifle fire while he worked himself forward to a point near the strongpoint. He then hurled hand grenades int o the firing slits and silenced the machine guns. His squad quickly advanced to the position and captured the gun crews. Enemy personnel in another pillbox then directed fire upon the squad. Sergeant Ellett, with a bee-hive demolition charge on his back, ran through the enemy fire and succeeded in planting the charge on the blind side of the position. After the explosion he returned to captured the stunned enemy personnel. Sergeant Ellett’s courage and devotion to duty reflect credit upon himself and the United States Army.