The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pride in presenting the Soldier’s Medal (Posthumously) to Corporal Francis L. Tence, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of the 1st Ground General School Detachment, Fort Riley, Kansas, on 9 July 1949, in an attempt to save the life of Raymond J. Glenn, Jr., age 3 1/2 years. Corporal Tence, Corporal Raymond Glenn, Mrs. Raymond Glenn, Mrs. Francis Tence, and Raymond J. Glenn, Jr. were on a picnic on Clarks Creek near Junction City, Kansas. The child, Raymond J. Glenn, Jr., who was playing near the bank of the stream, fell in and was quickly swept away by the current. Corporal Tence immediately plunged into the stream to go to the boy’s assistance. He succeeded in reaching him and for a short time was able to hold the child above water. However, because of the swift current and encumbered by his clothing, Corporal Tence was unable to return to the bank without releasing the boy. His valiant efforts were in vain, because he was unable to save the child from drowning and in addition thereto sacrificed his own life.