(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain (Corps of Engineers) David Robert Hibner, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as Commanding Officer of Company D, 10th Engineer Battalion, 3d Infantry Division, during combat operations in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, on 7 April 2003, in Iraq. When the 3d Infantry Division conducted the final attack on Baghdad Captain Hibner’s company with infantry scouts attached was a lead element, attacking 5 kilometers into enemy territory to breach obstacles on the only feasible avenues of approach that led into the city center and Saddam’s Palaces. Though wounded in the final hours of fighting to seize Baghdad, he never left his unit. Captain (Corps of Engineers) Hibner’s gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.