- SURNAME
Speaks
- FORENAME
Mac Wayne
- UNIT
5 SF Group (Company C,Det A-102)
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
02307556
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
South Vietnam 1968
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
KIA - see Roll of Honour
ROLL OF HONOUR:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/speaks-mac-wayne.8931/CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 8, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Captain (Infantry) Mac Wayne Speaks (ASN: 0-2307556), United States Army (Reserve), for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force while serving with Detachment A-102, Company C, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, in the Republic of Vietnam. Captain Speaks distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 27 March 1968 as Special Forces advisor to two Vietnamese platoon during an enemy attack on their outpost near Tien Phuoc. During the early morning hours, the camp was subjected to heavy enemy mortar fire followed by a furious ground assault by a large Viet Cong forces armed with automatic weapons, rockets, and grenades. Braving a savage hail of bullets and flying shrapnel, Captain Speaks quickly adjusted illumination flares to expose the advancing insurgents. He then raced from position to position, shouting words of encouragement to his defending troops and placing fierce fire on the enemy. Moving to the outpost's mortar emplacement, Captain Speaks directed intense counter-mortar fire on the attackers until he was seriously wounded by enemy fire. Captain Speaks' gallantry in action was in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
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