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 (Ordnance Corps) Richard H. Wynn, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy on 24 November 1969. Lieutenant Wynn heard a loud explosion outside the apartment he occupied, then a woman’s screams for help. He rushed out of his apartment toward the direction of the woman’s cries. He saw an adjacent apartment blazing, and found the woman seriously burned, pleading for help, and crying that her baby was still in the burning apartment. Lieutenant Wynn immediately reacted. Totally disregarding the danger, he forced his way through a rear door of the blazing apartment. His path was barred by the raging flames and intense heat. He then ran back to an outside window and smashed that window for entry. Flames, immediately fed by the new opening, blocked him. He ran to an adjacent window, already shattered by the force of the initial explosion. The draft from the opening created by the Lieutenant Wynn briefly cleared the smoke and now enabled him to see an infant’s crib in the adjacent room. He crawled through the window, into the room, until he could grasp the crib and pulled it to him and then with him to the window, protecting the infant from the flames. He then removed the baby to safety. The baby and mother were administered first aid by firemen who were then arriving and evacuated to a hospital. Lieutenant Wynn, assured that the baby and mother were safe, then assisted firemen in deploying the heavy equipment that proved to be essential in containing the fire. By his courageous action and humanitarian regard for his fellow man, in the dedication of his service to his country, Lieutenant Wynn has reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Army.