The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Robert C. Turner (ASN: RA-19332694), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Battery A, 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Self Propelled), 7th Infantry Division, in action near Sumjumak, Korea, on 10 January 1951. On that date, Sergeant Turner’s M-19 tracked vehicle, along with four other self-propelled automatic weapons of Battery A, was in support of a reinforced patrol of the 7th Reconnaissance Company. As the patrol entered a defile, Sergeant Turner’s vehicle, in the leading element, encountered intense enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire from the steep hills on both sides of the road. The left cannoneer of Sergeant Turner’s M-19 was mortally wounded and his body, in falling, wedged between the left 40-mm. gun and the tracking and aiming controls, making the weapon inoperative. When the driver of the vehicle behind him fell wounded, Sergeant Turner left the comparative safety of his M-19 turret and, under intense enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire, ran to the aid of his wounded comrade. He removed the wounded man from the line of fire to the shelter of a stone wall and returned to his exposed vehicle. Sergeant Turner’s gallant actions and selfless devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.