- SURNAME
Borja
- FORENAME
Domingo R.S.
- UNIT
5 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company) (MACV-SOG-CCN) (Command and Control Det)
- RANK
Sergeant First Class
- NUMBER
586605292
- DATE OF DEATH
21st February 1967
- AGE
36
- GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing Court B
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from San Francisco,California
born 1.2.1931 Cabatuan,Iloilo,Philippines
married
entered service 1945
veteran of WW2 and Korea (POW - escaped)
award D.S.C. (posthumous)
KIA Saravane Province,Laos
body not recovered
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 15E Line 67
DATE OF DEATH:
21-Feb-1967AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/borja-domingo-r-s.31257/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 First Class Domingo R. S. Borja (ASN: RA-50008052), 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 Command and Control Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. Sergeant First Class Borja distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 21 February 1967 while serving as Special Forces advisor to a Vietnamese reconnaissance team. Sergeant Borja was leading his patrol towards a much used trail when voices in a North Vietnamese dialect were heard. As he and another man moved forward to investigate, he received a burst of machine gun fire. Reacting instantaneously, but calmly, Sergeant Borja fired and killed three of the enemy. As the other man moved forward to capture the enemy weapons, he was hit in the chest by another burst of fire. Sergeant Borja again fired, killed the attackers, and ran out to drag the man back to safety. Disregarding his exposure to fire from an estimated company of insurgents, he brought the man back to the unit, then led them out of the area. As they moved, the casualty and several other men became separated from the main force. Again ignoring the danger, Sergeant Borja returned to unite the straggling element with the leaders. Just as he located the small group, he saw an insurgent about to fire on them. The two men saw each other simultaneously and fired, killing each other instantly. Sergeant Borja's selfless actions prevented his team from suffering heavy casualties and enabled it to complete its mission. Sergeant First Class Borja'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/4568
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