Puerto
Rico's 
65th INFANTRY REGIMENT
SILVER STAR
HEADQUARTERS 3D INFANTRY DIVISION
GENERAL ORDERS # 310 - 25 July 1951
Puerto
Rico's
HEADQUARTERS 3D INFANTRY DIVISION
GENERAL ORDERS # 310 - 25 July 1951
AWARD OF THE SILVER STAR . - By direction of the President, under the Act of Congress approved 9 July 1918 (WD Bul 43, 1918), and pursuant to authority in AR 600-45, the Silver Star for gallantry in action is awarded to the following-named enlisted men:
CORPORAL HUGO ALVAREZ, ER30424065, Infantry, Company "F", 65th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division, United States Army. On 23 April 1951, near Ognyo-bong, Korea, a determined enemy force attacked defensive positions occupied by the Second Platoon of "F" Company. In the ensuing action, two members of the first squad were wounded, creating a gap in the line through which the enemy could infiltrate to the unit's area. Corporal ALVAREZ, quickly realizing the seriousness of the situation, boldly exposed himself to the enemy fire and moved into the positions left vacant by the wounded men. Moving along a trench between the two dugouts, he alternated between them, firing at the foe from different angles, cleverly making them believe that this sector of the line was occupied by more than one man. When the squad began to run low on ammunition, Corporal ALVAREZ, in order to stretch his diminishing supply of hand grenades, threw them at irregular intervals interspersed with stones, keeping the enemy uncertain and pinned down until ammunitions arrived. Corporal ALVAREZ'S gallantry and unusual presence of mind reflect the highest credit upon himself and the military service. Entered the military service from Puerto Rico.
Source: Record Group 338: General Orders 3rd Infantry Division, Boxes 129 to 131 -National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland.
HEADQUARTERS 3D INFANTRY DIVISION
GENERAL ORDERS # 333 - 2 Aug 1951
REVOCATION OF GENERAL ORDERS, - So much of section I (award of the Silver Star),
General Orders 310, this Headquarters, 1951, pertaining to Corporal HUGO ALVAREZ, ER30424065,
Infantry is revoked.
BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL SOULE:
O.P. NEWMAN
Colonel GS
Chief of Staff
HEADQUARTERS 3D INFANTRY DIVISION
GENERAL ORDERS # 349 - 11 Aug 1951
AWARD OF THE SILVER STAR (MISSING IN ACTION). - By direction of the President, under the Act of Congress approved 9 July 1918 (WD Bul 43, 1918), and pursuant to authority in AR 600-45, the Silver Star for gallantry in action is awarded to the following-named enlisted men:
CORPORAL HUGO ALVAREZ, ER30424065, Infantry, Company "F", 65th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division, United States Army. On 23 April 1951, near Ognyo-bong, Korea, a determined enemy force attacked defensive positions occupied by the Second Platoon of "F" Company. In the ensuing action, two members of the first squad were wounded, creating a gap in the line through which the enemy could infiltrate to the unit's area. Corporal ALVAREZ, quickly realizing the seriousness of the situation, boldly exposed himself to the enemy fire and moved into the positions left vacant by the wounded men. Moving along a trench between the two dugouts, he alternated between them, firing at the foe from different angles, cleverly making them believe that this sector of the line was occupied by more than one man. When the squad began to run low on ammunition, Corporal ALVAREZ, in order to stretch his diminishing supply of hand grenades, threw them at irregular intervals interspersed with stones, keeping the enemy uncertain and pinned down until ammunitions arrived. Corporal ALVAREZ'S gallantry and unusual presence of mind reflect the highest credit upon himself and the military service. Entered the military service from Puerto Rico.