The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Technician Fifth Grade Lee V. Plummer (ASN: 33702728), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with a Medical Detachment of the 35th Infantry Division, in action in Luxembourg and Belgium on 29 December 1944 and 12 January 1945. In the attack against ****, Luxembourg, when a member of a patrol was seriously wounded, Technician Plummer, an Aid Man, crossed open terrain under intense enemy fire in order to dress the man’s wounds and carry him to a place of safety, thereby saving the wounded man’s life. On 12 January 1945, near ****, Belgium, when advance elements were pinned down by enemy machine gun and mortar fire, two men of the leading platoon were wounded in the first burst of mortar fire. Technician Plummer left the comparative safety of his foxhole, made his way under heavy enemy mortar fire, reached the wounded men and was calmly administering first aid to them, when another mortar shell landed in the midst of the three men, killing them all. The calm courage displayed by Technician Plummer, his loyalty to wounded comrades, and his disregard for personal safety, spell much gallantry in actions as to be in accord with the military traditions of the United States.