- SURNAME
Jones
- FORENAME
Keith
- UNIT
Company D 1 Bn
- RANK
Chief Warrant Officer
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Somalia 1993
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
pilot
resided Derry, Pennsylvania
CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Keith Jones, Chief Warrant Officer Four, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against hostile enemy forces while serving as Co- Pilot of "Star 41," an MH-6 Assault Helicopter of Company D, 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), during combat operations in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 3 October 1993. Following the crash of an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in the streets of Mogadishu, Chief Warrant Officer Four Jones and Chief Warrant Officer Three Karl Maier flew in "Star 41" to the site of the crash. As the first to arrive at the scene, and taken under heavy fire by a numerically superior hostile force that threatened to overrun the crew of the downed Black Hawk helicopter, Chief Warrant Officer Three Maier engaged the attacking forces with his personal weapon while Chief Warrant Officer Four Jones landed and extracted two wounded crewmembers of the downed aircraft, and then skillfully piloted the aircraft back to a field hospital where they were treated for their wounds. The gallant actions and determination of Chief Warrant Officer Four Jones throughout this action was in keeping with the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflects great credit upon himself and the United States Army.
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