The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the

 

SILVER STAR MEDAL to

 

FIRST LIEUTENANT AMOS BURT HINSON III

 

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

 

For service as set forth in the following

 

CITATION:

 

                                    For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a Platoon Commander with Company K, Third Battalion, Third Marines, Third Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force Pacific in Quang Ngai Province, Republic of Vietnam. On the morning of 18 August 1965, during Operation Starlite, the second and third platoons of Company K came under heavy automatic weapons fire. The second platoon, commanded by First Lieutenant Hinson, immediately sustained casualties. Due to the intensity of enemy fire, two of First Lieutenant Hinson’s squads were pinned down. After he reported the situation to the Company commander, First Lieutenant Hinson aggressively led an assault with his remaining squad through the enemy positions. As a result of his immediate and fearless action in the face of heavy enemy fire, the company’s first platoon was able to advance and clear the left flank of the objective, thereby forcing the enemy to withdraw. By his courageous leadership and loyal devotion to duty, First Lieutenant Hinson upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and of the United States Naval Service.

 

 

 

FOR THE PRESIDENT

 

 

 

A. R. KIER

MAJOR GENERAL, U. S. MARINE CORPS

ACTING COMMANDING GENERAL, FLEET MARINE FORCE, PACIFIC