LOUIS E. WILLETT MEDAL OF HONOR WAR MEMORIAL

DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS HIS SQUAD WAS ENGAGED WITH A HEAVY VOLUME OF AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE AND PINNED TO THE GROUND. DESPITE THE DEADLY FUSILLADE, PFC. WILLETT ROSE TO HIS FEET FIRING RAPID BURST FROM HIS WEAPON AND MOVED TO A POSITION FROM WHICH HE PLACED HIGHLY EFFECTIVE FIRE ON THE ENEMY. HIS POSITION DREW HEAVY ENEMY MACHINEGUN FIRE, AND HE RECEIVED MULTIPLE WOUNDS ENABLING THE ENEMY AGAIN TO PIN DOWN THE REMAINDER OF THE SQUAD. PFC. WILLETT STRUGGLED TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION, AND, DISREGARDING HIS PAINFUL WOUNDS, AGAIN ENGAGED THE ENEMY WITH HIS RIFLE TO ALLOW HIS SQUAD TO CONTINUE ITS MOVEMENT AND TO EVACUATE SEVERAL OF HIS COMRADES WHO WERE BY NOW WOUNDED. MOVING FROM POSITION TO POSITION, HE ENGAGED THE ENEMY AT CLOSE RANGE UNTIL HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED. BY HIS UNSELFISH ACTS OF BRAVERY PFC. WILLETT INSURED THE WITHDRAWAL OF HIS COMRADES TO THE COMPANY POSITION, SAVING THEIR LIVES AT THE COST OF HIS LIFE.