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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Staff Sergeant

    Regiment:

    10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

    Action Date:

    May 25, 1972

    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 13 (May 3, 1973)

    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 pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Staff Sergeant Charles Donnette Gipson, United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations in the Republic of Vietnam, on 25 May 1972. His actions, without regard for his own safety, reflect great credit on himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.