Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Unit:

Company C, 63rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Division "Thunderbolt", U.S. Army (Company C, 63rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Division "Thunderbolt", U.S. Army)

Staff Sergeant Elwood D. Frisby (ASN: 39900155), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Company C, 63d Armored Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Division, in connection with military operations against an armed enemy on 10 March 1945, in the vicinity of Andernacht, Germany. Sergeant Frisby, while serving as Squad Leader found the advance of his squad impeded by an 8 foot brick wall, the top of which was being swept by a constant hail of enemy small arms fire directed from a concrete and brick tower on the other side. Sergeant Frisby, without hesitation, seized a BAR, and, clambering over the wall in the face of this intense enemy fire, took up a position on the other side behind some debris, from which point he delivered such effective fire on the enemy that the remainder of his squad was able to surmount the wall without loss, and to continue their advance. By his complete devotion to duty and his utter disregard of personal safety, Sergeant Frisby exemplified the highest traditions of the United States Army. Sergeant Frisby entered the military service from Idaho.

Headquarters, 11th Armored Division, General Orders No. 67 (1 May 1945).