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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Robert Edward Sheridan (ASN: 0-5352828/RA-18844762), United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force while serving with Command and Control Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, in the Republic of Vietnam. First Lieutenant Sheridan distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 26 March 1969 as leader of the point platoon on a combat patrol deep in enemy-held territory. Spotting a bunker complex approximately twenty meters ahead of his column, Lieutenant Sheridan led his men forward in an assault on the fortification. Braving a hail of hostile fire, he maneuvered himself and two other troops to within a few meters of the bunkers and placed an accurate barrage on the enemy which forced them to withdraw. He then single-handedly attacked a stronghold, destroying it and pursuing a North Vietnamese soldier into another bunker. Realizing vital intelligence might be obtained from the communist if he were captured, Lieutenant Sheridan had an interpreter call to him to surrender, but there was no response. After throwing smoke and CS agent grenades into the bunker, he entered the fortification and discovered that the enemy soldier was in a tunnel. Although the man was coughing, he still refused to come out, so Lieutenant Sheridan fearlessly went into the tunnel. Moments later shots were heard and another soldier entered the tunnel where both Lieutenant Sheridan and the North Vietnamese were found dead. First Lieutenant Sheridan’s gallantry in action, at the cost of his life, was in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.