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 [then Corporal] Leslie O. Goodwin, Jr. (ASN: ER-34242698), United States Army, for heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy of the United States as a member of Company A, 2d Engineer Combat Battalion, 2d Infantry Division, in action on 9 May 1951, at Changnam-ni, Korea. Sergeant Goodwin was laying mines when he was notified that a Korean soldier had entered a nearby minefield and detonated a mine, wounding himself and killing one officer who attempted to go to the aid of the wounded man. Without regard for his personal safety, Sergeant Goodwin voluntarily entered the mined area to rescue the soldier. Then Sergeant Goodwin noticed the wounded man lay on a trip wire that if set off would have injured nearby working parties. Despite this hazardous position, Sergeant Goodwin deactivated one mine and crawled along the trip wire and deactivated the second mine, both in the path of approach. He then crawled to the mine attached to the trip wire, deactivated the mine and thereby enabled rescue parties to enter the area. The heroism displayed by Sergeant Goodwin reflects great credit upon himself and upholds the highest traditions of the Military Service of the United States.