The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Estle A. Patton (MCSN: 1275650), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as an Automatic Rifleman of Weapons Company, Third Battalion, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 25 July 1953. Although he was painfully wounded and his weapon was disabled by enemy fire during an attack by a numerically superior hostile force on a critical sector of the main line of resistance, Corporal Patton, aware that he was the only able man remaining on the flank, quickly secured a serviceable weapon and delivered a deadly hail of fire upon the attackers, remaining at his position throughout the night to hold the hostile forces out of the trench lines. Seriously wounded a second time during the engagement, he courageously refused evacuation until the following day when the attack had been repulsed. By his indomitable fighting spirit, marked fortitude and unyielding devotion to duty, Corporal Patton contributed materially to the successful defense of the sector and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.