The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant Louis G. Proctor (MCSN: 0-56992), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as a Platoon Commander of Company H, Third Battalion, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on the night of 25 July 1953. Receiving a call for aid from the extreme right flank of his position while the company’s sector of the main line of resistance was subjected to murderous enemy mortar and artillery fire, Second Lieutenant Proctor courageously exposed himself to the devastating hostile fire to move through the trench line in order to reach the right flank. Although painfully wounded when he was knocked down twice by blasts of enemy mortar and artillery rounds, he succeeded in reaching the flank’s position and discovered a seriously wounded Marine. When attempts to evacuate the stricken man through the trench line failed, he called for volunteers and assisted in carrying the casualty on a stretcher over the crest of a hill under direct enemy observation to the aid station approximately four hundred yards distant. After assuring that the wounded man was properly cared for, he returned to his platoon, consolidated his seriously depleted forces and successfully defended his position against numerous vicious enemy attacks. When the flanks of his position were temporarily driven back by hostile troops, he gallantly led his men in a counterattack and succeeded in restoring his lines, remaining in the area until all casualties had been aided before submitting to medical treatment for his own wounds. By his indomitable fighting spirit, fortitude and unwavering devotion to duty, Second Lieutenant Proctor served to inspire all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.