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 Marshall E. Nichols, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of Headquarters Company, 55th Transportation Medium Port, on 8 April 1949 at Honolulu, Hawaii. While checking the level of a 4,000-gallon tank trailer delivering gasoline to an underground storage tank, an explosion and fire occurred, igniting the tanker and Sergeant Nichols’ clothes. Disregarding the pain of his burns, he extinguished his flaming clothes, ran to the burning vehicle, and drove it from the scene of the explosion. He then dismounted and assisted in putting out the fire. Sergeant Nichols’ courageous actions were highly commendable.