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 First Class Grover C. Lewis (ASN: 34903908), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company A, 1st Battalion, *** Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in action near ****, Germany, on 26 February 1945. While crawling through a heavily mined field to render assistance to a wounded soldier, Private Lewis, a Medical Aid Man attached to Company A, 134th Infantry Regiment, was struck by shrapnel. Disregarding his painful injury, he continued his efforts, assisted in the evacuation of the wounded men, and then advanced with his platoon under intense mortar and artillery fire. He refused evacuation for himself until the objective had been reached. His intrepid loyalty to a wounded comrade is in accord with the best military traditions of the Army Medical Department.