The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Hospitalman Lawrence Joseph Doucette (NSN: 7527779), United States Navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with a Navy Medical Company attached to the FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on 21 September 1950. Serving as a Medical Corpsman, Hospitalman Doucette was returning from the front lines with an ambulance load of casualties when his vehicle was subjected to withering enemy automatic weapons fire from a cleverly concealed position. Quickly removing the wounded men under his care to a covered position, he then fearlessly and with complete disregard for his own personal safety assaulted the enemy position single-handedly, killing four of the enemy with well-placed rounds from his carbine. His great personal bravery and courageous devotion to duty saved his comrades from further injury or death. Hospitalman Doucette’s heroic actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.