The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Lawrence J. Lescantz (ASN: RA-19507500), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the Medical Company, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division, in action against the enemy near Rokhoo-Pyong, Korea, on 19 November 1950. Private Lescantz was an Aid Man attached to a reinforced rifle platoon on a combat patrol. When the patrol received fire from superior numbers of enemy forces, the forward observer of the 4.2-in mortar platoon was seriously wounded in his right leg, severing an artery. Private Lescantz, with no regard for his own personal safety, dashed to the wounded man, carried him through enemy fire to a slightly covered position. There it was necessary to stop and treat the wound as the wounded man was in grave danger from loss of blood. Placing the wounded man behind a small boulder, Private Lescantz applied a tourniquet pressure dressing and administered plasma, resulting in saving the man’s life, while he, himself was constantly under fire. The courageous action and gallantry displayed by Private Lescantz reflect great credit upon himself and uphold the highest traditions of the Military Service of the United States.