The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant Tetsuo Kiyohiro (ASN: RA-30110456), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Company B, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division, in action against the enemy on 11 and 12 October 1951 in the vicinity of Kongnae, Korea. On 11 October Sergeant Kiyohiro was leading his mortar section in an assault on an enemy-held hill when they were suddenly pinned down by a withering hail of hostile fire. Realizing that his section’s fire was having little effect on the enemy, he left his position of comparative safety and took over a mortar that had been disabled when the crew was wounded while attempting to set it up. So effective was his fire that the main enemy resistance was neutralized, allowing his unit to advance and successfully complete its mission. On the following day he was exposing himself to enemy fire in order to better direct the fire of his section when he was fatally wounded by enemy machine gun fire. The gallantry in action and selfless devotion to duty displayed by Sergeant Kiyohiro reflect great credit upon himself and the military service.