The President of the United States of America, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Spec 4th Class Wayne Lee Evitt, United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Spec 4th Class Evitt distinguished himself while serving as a machine gunner in a company conducting a search and destroy operation near the Cambodian border in the Republic of Vietnam. While moving toward their objective, Spec 4th Class Evitt's platoon received intense hostile fire from a well-fortified Viet Cong Emplacement. During the initial burst of hostile fire, several members of the platoon were wounded and in an exposed position. Spec 4th Class Evitt unhesitatingly moved to a good firing position and placed a base of fire upon the insurgents that enabled the wounded to be evacuated. Shortly after this, Spec 4th Class Evitt, with complete disregard for his safety, charged the Viet Cong position while firing his machine gun and successfully overran it. While pursuing the retreating insurgents, he was mortally wounded by a burst of of hostile fire. -- The Traveling Wall brochure in Turner County 2014
The President of the United States of America, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Spec 4th Class Wayne Lee Evitt, United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Spec 4th Class Evitt distinguished himself while serving as a machine gunner in a company conducting a search and destroy operation near the Cambodian border in the Republic of Vietnam. While moving toward their objective, Spec 4th Class Evitt's platoon received intense hostile fire from a well-fortified Viet Cong Emplacement. During the initial burst of hostile fire, several members of the platoon were wounded and in an exposed position. Spec 4th Class Evitt unhesitatingly moved to a good firing position and placed a base of fire upon the insurgents that enabled the wounded to be evacuated. Shortly after this, Spec 4th Class Evitt, with complete disregard for his safety, charged the Viet Cong position while firing his machine gun and successfully overran it. While pursuing the retreating insurgents, he was mortally wounded by a burst of of hostile fire. -- The Traveling Wall brochure in Turner County 2014
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