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 Albert F. Piecuch (ASN: 31110460), United States Army Air Forces, for heroism as a member of Section C-1, 2117th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Flexible Gunnery School), Buckingham Army Air Field, Fort Myers, Florida, when a fuel servicing semi-trailer caught fire at Buckingham Army Air Field, Florida, on 23 April 1944. Although already on fire himself Sergeant Piecuch, with utter disregard for his own personal safety and knowing full well the danger he faced, obtained a fire extinguisher from a nearby vehicle and succeeded in extinguishing the flames thereby saving the trailer and other Government property in the immediate vicinity. In accomplishing the above, Sergeant Piecuch sustained severe second degree burns about his face and body.