The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Edward J. Albright (MCSN: 2334347), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a Tank Driver with Company A Third Tank Battalion, THIRD Marine Division in, connection with operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam. On 29 April 1969, Company A was maneuvering in support of an Army of the Republic of Vietnam regiment’s assault against a tenaciously defended hostile bunker complex northwest of Cam Lo in Quang Tri Province. As the fire fight grew in intensity the Vietnamese unit was pinned down by a merciless barrage of enemy machine gun fire, and Sergeant Albright, then a Corporal, realizing the need for decisive action, unhesitatingly directed his tank through the dense jungle foliage to a position only fifty meters from the bunkers. Deploying his vehicle into an effective fighting position, he fearlessly ignored the hostile rounds directed at his tank as he engaged the fortified emplacements with his machine gun while his tank commander blasted the bunkers with his cannon. Resolutely maintaining his dangerously exposed position until a machine gun and three bunkers were destroyed, he then maneuvered his vehicle to the command post where he found three other tanks damaged by enemy mines. When vitally-needed ammunition was delivered to the Marines by helicopter on the following day, Sergeant Albright, fully aware that the area was heavily mined, assisted in unloading the ordnance and was distributing supplies to his platoon when a vehicle maneuvering nearby detonated an explosive device, causing Sergeant Albright to sustain extensive wounds. By his courage, bold initiative and unwavering devotion to duty in the face of grave personal danger. Sergeant Albright inspired all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and of the United States Naval Service.