RANGERS 2 Dunlop, Johnston

Craig Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Dunlop
  • FORENAME
Johnston
  • UNIT
Company E,50th Infantry (LRP)
  • RANK
Staff Sergeant
  • NUMBER
514333339
  • AWARD
Distinguished Service Cross
  • PLACE
Vietnam
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See roll of honour
 

ROLL OF HONOUR:

https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/dunlop-johnston.5281/

CITATION:

Distinguished Service Cross : The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Johnston Dunlop (51433339), Staff Sergeant, 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 Company E (LRRP), 50th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. Staff Sergeant Dunlop distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 16 April 1968 as a leader of a ten man long range reconnaissance ambush team operating near Binh Son. Sergeant Dunlop deployed his team along a main Viet Cong supply route and triggered a claymore mine ambush on a heavily armed enemy platoon which was walking down the trail. During the ensuing battle, he fearlessly exposed himself to enemy weapons to deliver a devastating volume of fire which inflicted many causalities on the numerically superior insurgent force. Seeing a wounded comrade close to the enemy positions, Sergeant Dunlop unhesitatingly ran to the man's aid. During this maneuver, he was struck in the legs by a burst of automatic weapons fire and knocked to the ground. Continuing to fire, he crawled the last twenty meters to his wounded teammate, all the while shouting commands for fire support to his men. Finding his comrade dead, Sergeant Dunlop directed his team to continue its covering fire while he extracted the body. As he neared safety, Sergeant Dunlop was again struck by enemy fire and mortally wounded. Staff Sergeant Dunlop's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty, at the cost of his life, was 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/4647

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57373679/johnston-s.-dunlop
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