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 Anthony F. Carfagno (ASN: RA-13333730), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Battery A, 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Self Propelled), 7th Infantry Division, in action near Hoengsong, Korea, on 12 February 1951. On that date, Corporal Carfagno was in charge of an M-16 multiple machine gun half-track which was protecting a road intersection to permit the passage of the vehicles of a task force near Wonju, Korea. While his M-16 was engaged in firing at the enemy, Corporal Carfagno heard a call for assistance from his Section Chief who had discovered eight seriously wounded soldiers in a burning house. Corporal Carfagno unhesitatingly made his way to the house through intense enemy fire to assist in carrying the wounded men to a place of comparative safety, after which he helped to load them onto passing vehicles for evacuation. Corporal Carfagno’s display of gallantry resulted in the possible saving of eight lives and was in keeping with the highest traditions of military service, reflecting great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.