- SURNAME
Miller
- FORENAME
Walter L.
- UNIT
6 SF Group (Signal Company)
- RANK
Staff Sergeant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
North Vietnam 1970 (Son Tay)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MACV-SOG
Special Warfare Center,Fort Bragg
6 SF Group (Signal Company)
CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 8, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Staff Sergeant Walter L. Miller, United States Army, for gallantry in action on 21 November 1970 as a member of an all-volunteer joint U.S. Army and Air Force raiding force in the Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed heliborne assault mission to rescue United States military personnel held as prisoners of war at Son Tay prison in North Vietnam. This valiant effort was motivated by deep compassion for his imprisoned fellow men-at-arms, and by a strong sense of military duty and national pride. Sergeant Miller, Senior Radio Operator for the alternate ground force commander, debarked from the assault aircraft and was immediately taken under enemy automatic weapons fire. Realizing that the group had landed in an area approximately 400 meters south of the objective and that it was imperative that the group rejoin the main body of the raiding force, he with complete disregard for his life exposed himself to enemy fire in order to assist in marking an extraction landing zone. His heroic actions under fire made it possible for a helicopter to land to extract the group without a casualty, thus enabling the group to move swiftly to rejoin the main force. Sergeant Miller's unselfish and valiant actions, extraordinary heroism against an armed hostile force, and extreme devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on himself and the United States Army.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/24559
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