The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Luther M. Parrish, Jr. (MCSN: 424402), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Squad Leader of Company A, First Battalion, Seventh Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea from 1 November to 4 December 1950. With his company under attack by numerically superior hostile forces during a patrol mission in the vicinity of Hansan-ni, Private First Class Parrish boldly moved his squad to a favorable firing position to cover the deployment and attack of his platoon. Braving the blistering shellfire, he emplaced his gun in an exposed position and delivered a deadly barrage against the attackers, thereby enabling the platoon to overwhelm the foe with a minimum of casualties in its own ranks. Painfully wounded in the leg when the enemy violently counterattacked, Private First Class Parrish staunchly remained at his gun, delivering accurate fire to assist in repulsing the attack and, when a fellow Marine was struck down by hostile fire, voluntarily assisted in evacuating him over approximately five miles of treacherous, ice-covered mountain trails to the battalion aid station. By his daring initiative, fortitude and grave concern for another despite his own intense suffering, Private First Class Parrish served as an inspiration to all who observed him, and his heroic actions throughout reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.