The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant Roscoe L. Barrett, Jr. (MCSN: 0-460062), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as a Rifle Platoon Leader of Company H, Third Battalion, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 28 and 29 November 1950. Learning that enemy troops had penetrated exposed left-flank positions while he was directing the reorganization of his command post during an attack by numerically superior hostile forces at Hagaru-ri, First Lieutenant Barrett bravely moved to the point of penetration in the face of intense enemy small-arms, mortar, automatic weapons and artillery fire and personally directed and coordinated the fire of his left-flank squad to cover the infiltration. Selecting a hazardous observation post, he called for mortar fire within several yards of his front lines and, continually exposing himself to heavy hostile fire, checked and adjusted his platoon positions until the enemy breakthrough was sealed and the attack contained. Although painfully wounded by a hostile phosphorous shell and stunned by a grenade which bounced off his helmet and exploded nearby, he constantly moved among his men to encourage them throughout the night and administered aid to the wounded in the sub-zero temperature until the enemy attack ceased at dawn. By his outstanding courage, skilled leadership and unswerving devotion to duty, First Lieutenant Barrett served to inspire all who observed him and contributed materially to the success achieved by his company, thereby upholding the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.