The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Hospitalman Third Class Raymond K. Wilshire (NSN: 2260723), United States Navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a Corpsman attached to a Marine Infantry Battalion of the FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 22 and 23 September 1950. During a defensive mission the forward companies were receiving intense enemy machine gun, mortar and tank fire. Hospital Corpsman Third Class Wilshire displayed outstanding courage and complete disregard for his own personal safety by moving from wounded to wounded through the intense enemy fire to administer aid and supervise their evacuation. Whenever a man was wounded, he unhesitatingly and fearlessly went to his side and administered aid. Though Hospital Corpsman Third Class Wilshire was assigned as Corpsman for a platoon, he attended the wounded of adjacent platoons. In the course of this action, he attended twenty wounded which resulted in aid being administered more quickly than would otherwise have been possible. Hospital Corpsman Third Class Wilshire’s devotion to duty and heroic actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.