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 Master Sergeant Lawrence H. Lampley (ASN: RA-18011311), United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of Company A, 432d Engineer Construction Battalion, at Kalserslautern, Germany, on 21 August 1953. While his platoon was engaged in pouring concrete for the abutment of a railroad bridge, a crane and a 3-cubic-yard steel bucket weighing approximately 9,000 pounds when loaded were used. After the bucket was loaded with wet concrete and the crane had raised it approximately 20 feet into the air, the weight of the bucket was so great it caused the crane to fall forward. Upon seeing the crane falling toward ten of his fellow soldiers, Sergeant Lampley, with complete disregard for his safety, ran under the falling crane to regain its equilibrium and prevented serious injury and possible death to himself and ten of his fellow soldiers. Sergeant Lampley’s heroic act reflects great credit on himself and is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service.