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 First Class Lenard Raddatz, United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of the 5015th Army Service Unit, Camp Atterbury, Indiana, at Edinburg, Indiana, on 17 April 1954. While driving home, he noticed an open evacuation of the street. He stopped at the scene and saw a man helplessly trapped at the bottom of the evacuation. The victim was submerged up to his chin in the mud and water at the bottom of the pit. Because of a broken high pressure water main, caused by a cave-on of the walls of the evacuation, the water and mud continued to rise. With complete disregard for his personal safety, Private Raddatz unhesitatingly entered the pit and attempted to stem the flow of water by improvised means. He succeeded in checking the flow of water until the supply was turned off, and then assisted in freeing the trapped man from the mud and removing him to a place of safety. Private Raddatz’s alert and courageous action in the face of grave danger reflects great credit on himself and the military service.