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 Sergeant David L. Anderson, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy at Landstuhl, Germany on 12 August 1970. On that date Sergeant Anderson responded to a call for help in a housing area where a 12-year-old boy had climbed a tower and came in contact with high-voltage, electric power lines. Sergeant Anderson, with complete disregard for his own safety, climbed the tower with another noncommissioned officer to reach the boy. The two men reached through a wire guard and lifted the boy, who had fallen across a wire line and was being severely burned and electrocuted. They held the boy off the electric wires for 25 minutes until the voltage was turned off. They then carried him down from the tower to a waiting ambulance. The boys arm had to be amputated; but, his life was saved. Sergeant Anderson’s heroic and selfless action was in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.