The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Marvin T. Treadwell, United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as Fire Team Leader, Company B, First Battalion, Seventh Marines, FIRST Marine Division in action against enemy forces in Korea on 29 May 1951. While moving to cover the flank of the 2d platoon which was advancing on enemy positions on a hill mass south of Yang Gu, Korea, Corporal Treadwell’s fire team observed an enemy force preparing to attack the column. Realizing the threat, he moved quickly to reinforce the lead element of the threatened platoon by skillfully maneuvering his team while under hostile fire to a position 30 feet in front of two enemy positions. The enemy intensified its fire with grenades and automatic weapons, wounding several Marines. Corporal Treadwell moved fearlessly into the open and initiated a flanking movement through a breach in the enemy defensive line. Without regard for his personal safety, he took an exposed position to cover his team as they entered an enemy bunker and trench complex. Noticing an enemy bunker located at the top of the objective, he charged the enemy position, jumping on the roof of the bunker and firing into it. His actions allowed his team to engage and kill the enemy soldiers. By his extraordinary heroism in the face of extreme danger, unrelenting perseverance, and steadfast devotion to duty, Corporal Treadwell reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.