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Note: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION APO SAN FRANCISCO 96370 GENERAL ORDERS 5 June 1969 NUMBER 6409
AWARD OF THE SILVER STAR The following AWARD is announced posthumously.
DAHLMAN, GEORGE C. (SSAN: 396-52-3557) SPECIALIST FIVE
United States Army, Troop C, 3d Squadron, 5th Cavalry, 9th Infantry
Division APO 96373
Awarded: Silver Star
Date action: 18 April 1969
Theater:Republic of Vietnam
Reason; For gallantry in action Involving close combat against an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam: Specialist Dahlman distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 18 April 1969 while serving as an Armored Personnel Carrier Driver with Troop C, 3d Squadron, 5th Cavalry, on a combat mission In Quang Tri Province. Troop C was deployed in a night defensive position when it suddenly came under intense mortar and ground attack, incurring several casualties. Disregarding his own safety, Specialist Dahlman immediately braved the hail of rounds to go to the aid of his wounded comrades, Soon realizing that the perimeter was being overrun, he made his way to a damaged armored personnel carrier, changed the barrel of its machine gun and delivered a devastating volume of fire which re-secured the perimeter. Specialist Dahlman then began to aid and evacuate the wounded for the second time, but, when the enemy threatened once more, he returned to his gun and, while repelling the enemy forces, was mortally wounded by small arms fire, Specialist Dahlman's extraordinary heroism in close combat with an armed hostile force was in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 9th Infantry Division and the United States Army.
Authority: By direction of the President under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved 1 July 1918, and USARV message 16695, dated 1 July 1966.
FOR THE COMMANDER:
OFFIC[AL: R. G. GARD, JR. COLONEL, FA Acting Chief of Staff ROBERT A. JOHNSON
MAJ, AGC
Adjutant General
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