The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Corporal Roy Noble Auer (MCSN: 366847), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the Second Battalion, Tenth Marines, SECOND Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 20 June 1944. Courageously volunteering to enter a blazing dump which contained vast supplies of artillery and mortar ammunition, Corporal Auer worked desperately to extinguish the flames threatening further stores of explosives. Mortally wounded in carrying out his heroic task, Corporal Auer, by his alert initiative, superb daring and unflinching devotion to duty at the risk of his own life, upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.