The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Charlie B. Davidson, Jr. (MCSN: 874232), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Machine Gun Section Leader of Company I, Third Battalion, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Korea, on 28 November 1950. When his left flank machine gun was partially disabled by hostile small-arms fire during an overwhelming attack against his company’s defense perimeter by a numerically superior enemy force, Sergeant Davidson fearlessly exposed himself to the intense barrage to deliver accurate counterfire and succeeded in killing six and in routing the remaining assailants. Observing two Marines of the left flank gun crew wounded by grenade fragments, he continued to man his gun until his ammunition was exhausted and then began to throw grenades. Preparing to throw a grenade when an enemy grenade landed in his position, he hurled the missile back and, leaping from his position with a fixed bayonet, killed the last remaining attacker in hand-to-hand combat. By his daring initiative, bold tactics and valiant fighting spirit in the face of great personal risk, Sergeant Davidson saved the machine gun and prevented further casualties among his fellow Marines, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.