The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant Floyd A. Markle (ASN: RA-13301463), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Battery A, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (Self-Propelled), 3d Infantry Division, in action against an armed enemy in Korea. On 10 February 1951, near Majukko-ri, Korea, two half-tracks were sent to rescue two squads of infantry, cut off and pinned down by withering small arms and automatic weapons fire. Sergeant Markle moved his halftrack into position and immediately directed machine gun fire on the enemy. When he saw a wounded man stranded in an area raked by heavy small arms fire, Sergeant Markle left the halftrack and with complete disregard for his own personal safety dashed thirty yards to the wounded man, carried him across the bullet swept terrain to the halftrack. As he was climbing back into the vehicle, Sergeant Markle was mortally wounded. The gallantry and concern for his comrades displayed by Sergeant Markle reflects great credit upon himself and the military service.