The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Herbert J. Casey (MCSN: 1223821), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while attached to Weapons Company, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), and serving as a Demolitionist in an infantry company, in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 3 February 1953. Observing that a friendly machine gun crew had been annihilated on an exposed ridgeline during a raid on a well-defended and firmly entrenched enemy force, Private First Class Casey unhesitatingly moved over an area blanketed by intense enemy small arms and mortar fire in company with several other men and succeeded in reaching the fatally stricken crew. Although painfully wounded by hostile sniper fire, he carried one of the casualties and some of the equipment across an exposed rice paddy and, despite additional wounds from enemy fire, refused medical attention to return to the scene of battle and assist in evacuating the wounded. By his courageous initiative, marked fortitude and selfless efforts in behalf of others, Private First Class Casey served to inspire all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.