The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 8, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant First Class Charles Nichol Tredinnick (ASN: RA-52357613), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Sergeant First Class Tredinnick distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 29 January 1968 as a member of a small Special Forces rescue party on a search and rescue mission near Khe Sanh. When his team came under intense small arms and automatic weapons fire, Sergeant Tredinnick fearlessly led his small group in a blazing assault against a numerically superior force. The ferocity of the assault caused the enemy to abandon their well fortified positions. When Sergeant Tredinnick spotted an enemy platoon attempting to outflank his position, he personally took them under fire, delivering such a withering and accurate volume of machine gun fire that he broke the flanking maneuver, causing the enemy to flee. When he saw one of his comrades fall, he showed a complete disregard for his own safety by running through a curtain of fire to pull his comrade to safety. Sergeant Tredinnick was mortally wounded while placing the welfare of his comrades above his personal safety. Sergeant First Class Tredinnick’s gallantry in action, a the cost of his life, was in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.