The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private Leroy L. Haggerty (ASN: RA-14305025), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, in action against an armed enemy in Korea. On 28 July 1950, near Hwanggan, Korea, Private Haggerty was serving with a team which was repairing communications lines to Company C. While working on the mountainside, the crew was met by the Company which was withdrawing under heavy enemy attack. With the aid of one man, Private Haggerty, armed with an automatic rifle, fought a rear guard action for the company, neutralized at last one hostile machine gun and so effectively harassed and delayed the attackers that the company was able to complete its movement in an orderly manner. At a river crossing he assisted in carrying wounded through the shoulder-deep water to safety. Private Haggerty’s gallant unflagging devotion to duty reflects great credit upon himself and upholds the highest traditions of the Military Service of the United States.