The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant Louis Casper Kraus (MCSN: 633868), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a Section Leader in an Anti-Tank Assault Platoon of Weapons Company, Second Battalion, Seventh Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 28 November 1950. Ordered to attack a heavily fortified enemy position blocking his company’s main supply route near Hagaru-ri, Sergeant Kraus employed his section as infantrymen and boldly led them in a successful seizure of the objective. With his unit subjected to a vicious counterattack by numerically superior forces while consolidating the position, he fearlessly exposed himself to hand grenades, automatic weapons and small arms fire and, quickly moving from position to position, encouraged his men and skillfully directed their fire until he was mortally wounded. By his inspiring leadership, heroic efforts and courageous devotion to duty in the face of heavy odds, Sergeant Kraus contributed to the successful repelling of the hostile onslaught and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.