The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Technician Fourth Grade Chris Engel (ASN: 37275236), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with a Medical Detachment of the 35th Infantry Division, in action near ****, France, on 11 November 1944. When infantrymen were mounted on tanks in the attack against ****, Technician Engel, an Aid Man, followed the armored vehicles on foot. When one of the tanks was struck, it burst into flames, trapping two wounded men within its blazing walls. Without regard for personal safety and, in the face of intense enemy artillery, mortar, machine gun and small arms fire, Technician Engel leaped upon the side of the burning vehicle and extricated the two men. He administered first aid to the two wounded men and had directed their evacuation, when he heard a call for medical personnel from another direction. Heeding this call, again without thought of personal safety, he traversed the dangerous ground, in view of the enemy, and reached and administered aid to a wounded soldier, whom he then carried to the aid station. The gallant actions of Technician Engel are in accordance with the traditions of the military service and the Medical Department of the Army.