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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant First Class

    Batallion:

    1st Battalion

    Regiment:

    15th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    3d Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    January 21 – 22, 1952

    Headquarters, 3d Infantry Division, General Orders No. 178 (May 9, 1952)

    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 First Class Oscar C. Jones (ASN: RA-35879167), United States Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in Korea. On the night of 21 – 22 January 1952, near Majon Ni, Korea, a combat patrol from Company A came upon a strand of wire that apparently marked a minefield. Sergeant Jones, the platoon leader, immediately stopped the patrol and the point man moved along the strand of wire, looking for a safe path for the patrol to follow. After he had moved a short distance a terrific explosion was heard from the direction he had taken. Fully aware of the dangers involved, Sergeant Jones unhesitatingly went to the aid of his apparently seriously wounded comrade. While making his way through the total darkness he detonated another mine and was injured by the shattering blast. Calling back to the patrol, he ordered his men to remain where they were so as to incur no further casualties and for them to contact the company to send aid. Sergeant Jones’ selfless and gallant actions in entering a minefield to rescue a member of his patrol and refusing to let the other men of the patrol endanger their lives by trying to rescue him when he was injured reflects the highest credit upon himself and the military service.