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 Lyle E. Oyler (ASN: 37070822), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 35th Infantry Division, in action in the **** Sector, Normandy, France, on 11 July 1944. When the advance of his company was held up by well-fortified and strongly defended enemy positions, Sergeant Oyler, a mortar squad leader, set up his weapons and, despite heavy fire from the enemy gun emplacements, succeeded in destroying three enemy machine gun positions by direct hits before he was killed by enemy action while directing fire of his mortars from an exposed observation position. The gallant actions of Sergeant Oyler, his tenacity of purpose and disregard for personal safety, are in accord with the military traditions of the United States.