The President of the United States of America, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Corporal Norman E. MacLeod (ASN: US-56072717), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with an Infantry Company. Corporal MacLeod distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces in the vicinity of Nae-Dong, Korea, on 26 October 1951. On that date, Corporal MacLeod was assigned the mission of leading the battalion surgeon and a group of litter bearers to his company, which was actively engaged with the enemy, in order to assist in the evacuation of the wounded. After leading the group to their destination, he continued on to the positions occupied by his comrades and, when he saw one of his comrades lying wounded on the exposed terrain, he moved under heavy enemy fire to his side and carried him to safety. Returning to the scene of the battle, he saw another friendly company moving up the slope to engage the enemy. Intercepting the friendly troops, Corporal MacLeod pointed out the position of the enemy and of his own company. Then, reorganizing a squad, he led the men in an assault against the hostile positions. As he advanced on an enemy automatic weapons position, a painful wound in his hand rendered him unable to fire his weapon. Undaunted, he charged the emplacement and destroyed it with grenades. After the friendly company had secured its objective, Corporal MacLeod, disregarding his own wound, organized litter teams and supervised the evacuation of the wounded form the hill.

Mr MacLeod died on July 10, 2013 while living in Bend, OR