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 Private Thomas Mauchline (ASN: 6808038), United States Army Air Corps, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed while serving with 66th Service Squadron, for heroism on the night of 13 June 1931, in the Barrio of San Rogue, Pasay, Philippine Islands. Upon learning that Private First Class James O. Lytle, Jr., 66th Service Squadron, Air Corps, had fallen into a dark open well, Private Mauchline, with utter disregard of his own personal danger, dived head first into the well, without knowledge of the conditions therein, and after several attempts succeeded in recovering the body of Private Lytle. It was afterwards found that the well was 30 feet deep and that it contained 18 feet of water. The prompt and courageous effort on the part of Private Mauchline to save the life of a comrade under such adverse conditions constitutes an act of exceptional heroism.