The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Charles Edmund Haggett (MCSN: 1136156), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with Company I, Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 26 July 1952. Volunteering to return to the scene of a former patrol action to locate a missing Marine, Corporal Haggett, accompanied by a comrade, courageously proceeded to the summit of an enemy-held hill although subjected to intense hostile small arms, grenade and mortar fire, which blew off his helmet and shattered his armored vest. Locating the body of the missing Marine, he provided covering fire for his partner who carried the body to the base of the hill where, due to the heavy volume of enemy fire, they were forced to place it in a position from which it could be recovered by a subsequent patrol. Later, Corporal Haggett again volunteered to accompany a patrol which successfully recovered the body. By his exceptional courage, initiative and unyielding devotion to duty, Corporal Haggett served to inspire all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.