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 David John White (ASN: RA-20315204), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as a member of Battery B, 13th Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division, in action on 6 August 1950, near Kwan-gok, on the Naktong River, Korea. On 6 August 1950, along the Naktong River when his unit was pinned down by enemy mortar and machine gun fire for a period of four hours, Sergeant White remained with his section directing artillery and small arms fire on enemy infantry positions, who had succeeded in partially surrounding the battery positions. When the order was given to withdraw, Sergeant White refused to withdraw without first recovering the equipment of his section. In order to recover the equipment it was necessary for him to move through heavy enemy mortar and small arms fire and in attempting to recover the equipment he was killed by enemy fire. The act of gallantry displayed by Sergeant White reflects great credit on himself and the military service.