The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star to Staff Sergeant Augustine H. Oberg (MCSN: 275610), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Rifle Platoon Sergeant of Company D, Second Battalion, First Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 27 September 1950. With his unit held up by a hostile position manned by approximately fifteen of the enemy armed with automatic weapons and inflicting many casualties in his ranks during an attack by his platoon through the streets of Seoul, Staff Sergeant Oberg, on his own initiative, braved intense fire to hastily place the members of the leading fire team in strategic positions from which to assault the hostile emplacement. Running forward under a hail of enemy fire, he boldly and skillfully threw hand grenades which knocked out the hostile position and permitted his fire team to destroy the survivors as they attempted to flee from their untenable emplacements. His courageous initiative, skilled leadership and indomitable fighting spirit were contributing factors in the continued advance of the platoon and reflect great credit upon Staff Sergeant Oberg and the United States Naval Service.