The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 8, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star to Sergeant Donald C. Martin, United States Army, for exceptionally valorous actions on 6 October 1967 while serving as assistant team leader of a six-man Special Forces reconnaissance team on a combat mission deep in hostile territory. Shortly after infiltration, his team detected three enemy soldiers moving toward them Sergeant Martin quickly deployed his men in an attempt to capture one of the insurgents,, but two other hostile soldiers discovered their location and moved in for an ambush. Completely ignoring his own safety, he stood up and exchanged fire with the advancing enemy,, killing both insurgents with accurate bursts,. Although wounded in this action, he refused aid to direct the defense of his team when a large North Vietnamese force suddenly attacked. After calling for air strikes on the enemy positions, he braved a savage bombardment to crawl toward fallen hostile soldiers in an attempt to gather intelligence materials The insurgents concentrated their fire on him, but he refused to take rover until he had collected as much equipment and as many documents as possible With bullets striking all around him, he carried the materials back to his team’s position and prepared his men for extraction. The enemy closed in as the helicopters arrived, but he skillfully led his team in evasive tactics and attained a successful evacuation.