The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Harold England (MCSN: 662194), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with Company C, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 29 May 1951. Advancing with the foremost elements of the assault unit during his platoon’s attack against a numerically superior enemy force occupying a strongly defended hill, Corporal England single-handedly charged and neutralized a hostile machine gun nest. Quickly taking advantage of the situation, he bravely rushed forward in the face of intense enemy fire and led his fire team in a vigorous assault through the enemy’s main line of defense and over the crest of the hill. Surprising a large group of hostile troops on the reverse slope assembling for a counterattack, he personally killed our of the enemy in the ensuing fight and, despite a painful wound sustained in the final phase of the attack, aided his unit in routing the opposition and seizing the objective. By his outstanding courage, aggressive fighting spirit and zealous devotion to duty, Corporal England served to inspire all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.