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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant [then Corporal]

    Batallion:

    2d Battalion

    Regiment:

    38th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    2d Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    May 18, 1951

    Headquarters, 2d Infantry Division, General Orders No. 215 (June 24, 1951)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant [then Corporal] Gordon R. Jones (ASN: ER-17184520), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Company F, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division, in action against an armed enemy on 18 May 1951, in the vicinity of Kunmul-gol, Korea. A numerically superior enemy had infiltrated through the front lines and had set up a road block in the rear of the battalion. Sergeant Jones, who as company armorer artificer was located in the rear, learned that a number of seriously wounded, including his battalion commander, were forward and that the road block prevented their evacuation for urgently needed medical attention. Asking for a driver, Sergeant Jones volunteered to man the .50 caliber machine gun of a jeep and drive through the roadblock in order to remove the wounded. Fully exposed, he sped through the ambush area, firing his weapon in all directions as the enemy directed concentrated fire on the jeep. He thus travelled this hazardous route back and forth three times, picking up the wounded and protecting them with his fire until they had reached safety. His daring action was responsible for saving the life of his battalion commander and a number of other comrades. The gallantry and utter disregard for his personal safety demonstrated by Sergeant Jones reflect great credit upon himself and uphold the highest traditions of the Military Service of the United States.