Robert Pryor:  

I served in the US Army Special Forces in Việt Nam. In addition to two awards of the Purple Heart, I was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross as follows: Action Date: June 20, 1969 Headquarters, U.S. Army, Vietnam, General Orders No. 3422 (September 7, 1969) The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Specialist Fourth Class Robert D. Pryor, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam, while serving with Detachment A-344, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. Specialist Four Pryor distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions while serving as an intelligence specialist at Camp Bunard. During the early hours of 20 June 1969, hostile mortars and rockets began to rain on the compound, and a force of enemy sappers managed to infiltrate the perimeter defense and sever communication lines between the tactical operations center and the perimeter bunkers. Specialist Pryor left his mortar pit where he had been firing illumination rounds and immediately headed for the edge of the camp. On discovering that the trench system on the ea...Expand for more