Bronze Star

Pictured above is Major Robert E. Chaney of Little Rock, Arkansas, battalion commander of the Third Battalion of the Armored Infantry Regiment of the Third Armored Division, congratulating Sergeant William Teicholz, of 24 Davis Street, Danbury, after the latter had been awarded a Bronze Star for bravery during the German Winter offensive in Southern Belgium.

For heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy in Southern Belgium during the German Winter offensive, 17 September 1944.  

When pinned down by a heavy concentration of machinegun and rifle fire from a German machinegun nest located on a terrace along a forward slope, Sergeant William Teicholz crept and crawled forward on the right flank to the slope of the hill.  Approaching within a few yards of the position, and while continuously exposed to enemy fire, he hurled one grenade into the nest, destroyed the gun and killed three Germans. His actions permitted his platoon to take its objective.

His heroic actions contributed to the success of the European Theater of Operations Campaign.