The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to Sergeant First Class Robert L. Wilmoth (ASN: RA-13349648), United States Army, for heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy of the United States as a member of Company B, 2d Engineer Combat Battalion, 2d Infantry Division. Sergeant First Class Wilmoth displayed heroic action on 28 August 1951 in the vicinity of P’yongch’on, Korea. On this date his platoon was in the process of raising a bridge which was in danger of being washed away by the rapidly rising water of the Soyang River. A prime mover began to ford the river from the far shore downstream from the bridge. As the driver of the vehicle proceeded across the swollen river, his vehicle sank in the channel within a foot of the turret. The driver was washed out of the cab, but managed to grab the vertical part of the windshield frame. As the driver was unable to swim, he immediately went into a panic. Sergeant Wilmoth without hesitation and disregarding the swift current, dove into the water and swam to the prime mover. Reaching the vehicle he caught the nearly exhausted driver and succeeded in pulling him out of the raging water safely to short. Sergeant Wilmoth’s courageous achievement on this occasion reflects great credit upon himself and the military service.