The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Frank L. Griffin (ASN: 0-1688574), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 29th Regimental Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, in action against an armed enemy in Korea. Lieutenant Griffin and his platoon had completed laying wire to a forward installation and were in bivouac for the night of 18 August 1950, to the rear of a company protecting the flank of the regiment near Pangmok, Korea. A determined enemy attack from the flank and rear of the company threatened the regimental position. Organizing his men into a tight perimeter, Lieutenant Griffin borrowed a mortar from an adjacent unit and directed its fire into the attackers, destroying a mortar and machine gun and disrupting the attack. Lieutenant Griffin’s initiative and courageous devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.