The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to Second Lieutenant (Field Artillery) Harry C. Small, Jr. (ASN: 0-5424135), United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy on 9 October 1966 in San Raphiel Reef, Utah. Upon returning to Gibson Site, Utah, after a reconnaissance mission on the evening of 9 October 1966, Lieutenant Small heard a man’s cries for help. He stopped his vehicle and searched until he discovered a member of Service Battery, 2d Battalion, 79th Artillery, stranded on a ledge about 200 feet off the ground. A mountain lion was crouching on a ledge above the stranded individual. Sending his driver for help and reassuring the stranded man that the lion would not attack unless provoked, Lieutenant Small took charge of rescue operations. Lieutenant Small talked to the exhausted panic-stricken victim and quieted him so that he could be rescued. When help arrived, he ordered an armed enlisted man to watch the mountain lion and shoot only if necessary. Then Lieutenant Small accompanied by two fellow officers, climbed the other side of the mountain to rescue the stranded individual. By lowering a rope Lieutenant Small descended to a ledge 100 feet below from which a rope could be dropped to the ledge on which the individual was stranded. By his assured manner and calm insistence Lieutenant Small persuaded the terror-stricken individual to tie the rope to his waist so that he could be pulled to the higher ledge. At great peril, Lieutenant Small then climbed the sheer rock cliff to the summit from which the stranded individual was hauled to safety. By his quick thought and heroism, Lieutenant Small saved an individual’s life. In doing so he unhesitatingly risked his own personal safety. One slip were hesitation could have resulted in a 400 foot plunge to the rocks below. His courageous action and efforts were in the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.