- SURNAME
Reiter
- FORENAME
Clyde Alvin
- UNIT
5 SF Group (Company D,Det A-431)
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
16877783
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Cross
- PLACE
South Vietnam 1968
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
KIA - see Roll of Honour
ROLL OF HONOUR:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/reiter-clyde-alvin.9215/CITATION:
Distinguished Service Cross : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Sergeant Clyde Alvin Reiter (ASN: RA-16877783), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam, while serving with Detachment A-431, Company D, 5th Special Forces (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. Sergeant Reiter distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 28 December 1968 while serving as an advisor to a Vietnamese patrol on a mission to destroy two enemy bunkers. As Sergeant Reiter and the demolition team were preparing to demolish the first fortification, they came under intense automatic weapons fire. Exposing himself to the fusillade, Sergeant Reiter placed effective counter fire on the communists which allowed his comrades to reach the safety of the bunker. When he saw that the other American advisor needed help in rescuing two men who had been wounded by the initial burst of hostile fire, he maneuvered to the aid of his fallen comrades. After administering first aid, he began to carry one man to the rear while shielding him from the aggressors with his own body, and was mortally wounded by a burst of enemy automatic weapons fire. Sergeant Reiter's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty, at the cost of his life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/4970
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