The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to First Lieutenant (Military Intelligence) Elmer R. Moller (ASN: OF-110136), United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 23rd Infantry (Mechanized), who through a heroic effort that they endangered his own life, was largely responsible for saving the life of a member of his unit on 29 March 1968. The victim, having become stuck in the quicksand like mud near the Imjin River, was soon engulfed in the rapidly rising tide of the river. When it became apparent that the man could not be pulled free by ordinary means, Lieutenant Moller, realizing he could himself become trapped in the mud, entered the water to the point where the man was rapidly sinking. Lieutenant Moller remained with the victim for one and one-half hours, at times disappearing from sight in the rising tide, in an effort to keep the victim from going below the river’s surface. Due largely to his efforts, he and the victim were eventually pulled from the deadly trap by a rescue helicopter. Lieutenant Moller’s heroic efforts served as an inspiration to the more than a score of rescuers on the scene and brought great credit upon himself in the military service. [This award supersedes the Army Commendation Medal awarded to Lieutenant Moller as announced in General Orders Number 89, Headquarters, Eighth United States Army, dated 7 June 1968.]