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 Private Lyle C. Crowder (ASN: 37534420), United States Army, for heroism involving voluntary risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy while serving with the Medical Detachment, 334th Infantry Regiment, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, on 21 December 1943. Private Crowder was crawling with other members of the 334th Infantry under fire of caliber .30 machine guns on the night infiltration course at Camp Claiborne. During one burst of fire he felt a sting on his left arm. Private William M. Bobby, Company K, 334th Infantry, who was next to Private Crowder, cried out that he had been hit. Private Crowder when to Private Bobby, ascertained that he had been wounded, crawled to the nearest trench to notify a control officer therein and, still under fire, returned with a medical officer whom he assisted in rendering aid to the wounded man. Subsequent examination revealed that Private Crowder had himself been wounded in the left arm by a fragment of machine-gun bullet. His behavior on that occasion demonstrated his possession of the soldierly qualities of presence of mind, coolness under fire, and devotion to duty.