The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Walter M. Muryasz (MCSN: 628937), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Squad Leader of Company D, Second Battalion, Seventh Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on the night of 6 October 1952. Advancing toward the enemy’s main line of resistance during a mission to establish a patrol ambush forward of a friendly outpost, the squad was hit by a num sup hostile force moving under cover of darkness and, during the ensuing fire fight, several of the patrol members fell seriously wounded. Skillfully deploying his men, Sergeant Muryasz directed effective fire which resulted in disrupting the enemy and inflicting heavy casualties upon them. Immediately after ordering the withdrawal of his men to the friendly outpost, he discovered another Marine seriously wounded and unable to move. Although painfully wounded himself, Sergeant Muryasz advanced through the intense hostile fire to aid his comrade and, unassisted, carried him uphill through numerous barbed wire entanglements and heavy concentrations of enemy mortar fire to the friendly outpost. A brave and inspiring leader, he continued to direct and reorganize his squad until all his men had reached the outpost. By his outstanding courage, resolute determination and gallant devotion to duty, Sergeant Muryasz was greatly instrumental in preventing a heavy attack on the friendly position and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.