- SURNAME
Fox
- FORENAME
David G.
- UNIT
10 SF Group (1 Bn)
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Afghanistan 2010
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain David Fox, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), in action on 17 December 2010, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. On that date, Captain Fox, three French engineers, an interpreter, an Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) commander and a member of his Special Operations Task Unit were conducting a site assessment for future placement of an ANSF checkpoint when the team was engaged by the enemy. From his position Captain Fox noticed that his security elements were taking small arms and Rocket-propelled grenade attacks from two separate enemy positions. He moved the survey element to the top of a ridgeline to engage the enemy when a devastating improvised explosive device detonated near the team, leaving Captain Fox unconscious, killing a French Captain and critically wounding the ANSF commander. Despite being disoriented when he regained consciousness, Captain Fox began to search for survivors and account for the element. Still dazed from the blast and with enemy rounds impacting within inches of him, Captain Fox began to administer trauma care by placing a tourniquet on the ANSF commander. Sergeant McKenna Miller reached Fox's position, and began to carry the KIA down the mountain, all-the-while under enemy fire. Now carrying Sergeant Miller's carbine, Captain Fox provided suppressive fire as they made their way down the mountain, taking cover in a dried up wadi until evacuation could be effected for the team, the KIA, and the wounded. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were 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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