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 Sergeant Herbert Lloyd Rawls, Jr. (ASN: RA-34964743), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Battery A, 64th Field Artillery Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, in action against an armed enemy in Korea. On 2 September 1950, an attack by numerically superior enemy on the battalion position near Masan, Korea, resulted in disrupting the communications with supported units. Despite the intense enemy action, Sergeant Rawls left the comparative safety of his position and repaired the communications. While in his exposed position he was mortally wounded. Sergeant Rawls’ courageous devotion to duty reflects great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Army.