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 Private Robert M. Hall, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy while serving with Company A, 2d Infantry Regiment, on 17 June 1952 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Private Hall was acting as safety man on the grenade range when another soldier dropped an activated hand grenade. Personnel in the immediate vicinity of the impending explosion, including Private Hall, dashed to take cover. Then, realizing the grave danger that threatened, Private Hall, with rare courage, returned to the grenade pit, picked up the grenade, and threw it down range away from the endangered personnel, thus saving his comrades from death or serious injury. Despite Private Hall’s heroic action, four men including himself were slightly wounded when the grenade exploded. Private Hall’s presence of mind and intrepid action are in keeping with the best traditions of the Infantry and the military service.