The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Medical Service Corps) Robert O. Levi (ASN: 0-1545666), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of the Medical Detachment, 2d Engineer Combat Battalion, 2d Infantry Division, in action against an armed enemy on 30 November 1950 in the vicinity on Kunu-ri, Korea. Lieutenant Levi, in the absence of medical personnel with the Division Headquarters Group, was riding in a convoy attempting to break through an enemy roadblock approximately five miles long. The roadblock was firmly established and covered by heavy hostile fire from well-entrenched enemy in the surrounding high ground. Previous convoys through the roadblock had left many dead and wounded in adjacent fields and ditches. When the convoy was forced to halt, Lieutenant Levi administered drugs to the painfully wounded, applied treatment to stop bleeding, bandaged wounds, wrapped wounded in blankets, improvised stretchers, carried wounded to sheltered positions out of range of enemy fire, and stayed with the vehicles carrying the wounded until they were delivered to a medical collecting station. His complete disregard for the intense enemy fire was an inspiration to all who observed him. The gallantry and devotion to his fallen comrades displayed by Lieutenant Levi reflect the highest credit upon himself are in keeping with the fine traditions of the military service.