(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant First Class John Winston Marshall, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the 3d Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division, during combat operations in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, when his fuel and ammunition convoy that was re-supplying soldiers during the second ‘thunder run’ south of Baghdad, Iraq, was attacked on 8 April 2003. Sergeant First Class Marshall defended his convoy, firing a Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher on an armored personnel vehicle until a rocket-propelled grenade, or RPG, blew his body out of the vehicle. His comrades found him several days later, buried by the enemy in a shallow grave. By exposing himself to danger and continuing to fire, he helped to save the convoy from being overrun. Sergeant First Class Marshall’s gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, at the cost of his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.