- SURNAME
Johns
- FORENAME
Stephen D.
- UNIT
Operational Detachment Alpha 334
- RANK
Sergeant First Class
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Afghanistan, 30th May 2004
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
home town Pleasantville, New Jersey
married, 2 children
30 years U.S. Army (25 years Special Forces)
2013 founder founded Global Acquisitions Group LLC
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 Sergeant First Class Stephan D. Johns, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a Special Forces Sniper in Operational Detachment Alpha 334 (ODA-334), during combat operations in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, on 30 May 2004, in Afghanistan. On that date, Sergeant First Class Johns was in the last helicopter of a group mounting an assault on Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in a valley in northeast Afghanistan. His job was to shoot at the enemy from the air to provide cover to ground forces. When his helicopter was hit and briefly forced down, Sergeant First Class Johns jumped out to set up a one-man defensive wall between a group of enemy fighters and the main American assault group. Alone on the ground for 30 minutes before being picked up by another helicopter, he killed nine enemy fighters who repeatedly rushed him. Sergeant First Class Johns' 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.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/29071https://globalacquisitionsgroupllc.com/stephen-johns/
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