The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private First Class Bernard Andrew Demski (MCSN: 1329771), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Fire Team Leader in Company E, Second Battalion, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 10 April 1953. When the patrol was subjected to a murderous hail of a small-arms, machine gun and mortar fire during an engagement with the enemy far forward of the main line of resistance, Private First Class Demski courageously held his position and maintained a continuous covering fire for the point element of the patrol. Although painfully wounded, he steadfastly refused to leave his post as the numerically superior enemy force attempted to overrun the patrol, and fearlessly exposed himself to the heavy fire to effectively control and direct his team and to hurl grenades at the attackers. By his aggressive fighting spirit, marked fortitude and unyielding devotion to duty in the face of heavy odds, Private First Class Demski was instrumental in repelling the fanatical attack and in permitting the evacuation of his wounded comrades, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.