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 Sergeant Oscar W. McAfee (ASN: 37361615), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, in action in the vicinity of ****, Normandy, France, 11 July 1944. In the initial attack of Company E, harassing enemy machine gun fire impeded the progress of the unit. Sergeant McAfee, accompanied by three others, voluntarily went forward in an attempt to destroy an enemy machine gun emplacement in a hedgerow one hundred yards to its right. Despite enemy fire of all types, the patrol was successful in reaching the emplacement, where Sergeant McAfee destroyed the machine gun position by using three hand grenades, killing two enemy machine gunners and wounding two, whom he took as prisoners. Returning to his unit, Sergeant McAfee, his patrol and prisoners were discovered by an enemy observer, fire was ordered upon them and Sergeant McAfee, the two prisoners and two members of the patrol were killed. Sergeant McAfee’s gallantry in action, his courage and devotion to duty are in accord with the highest traditions of the military service.