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 Joseph W. Turcotte (ASN: 6085415), United States Army, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed while serving with Battery E, 4th Field Artillery, at Walnut Cove, North Carolina on 2 January 1934. When a fire occurred in the town, Sergeant Turcotte and several members of the Civilian Conservation Corps went to the scene and voluntarily assisted the local authorities in extinguishing the fire. While thus engaged, Sergeant Turcotte noticed that a wall of a burning building was about to fall and would probably injure four enrollees. Disregarding the hazard Sergeant Turcotte attempted to lead them from danger, but before he succeeded the wall collapsed injuring the four men and himself.