The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 8, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Platoon Sergeant Delbert C. Totty (ASN: RA-19305441), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, on 31 March 1967 in the Republic of Vietnam. On that date, Sergeant Totty was serving as platoon sergeant during Operation JUNCTION CITY. His company had assumed defensive positions on a landing zone near Quan Loi when they were suddenly subjected to an intense mortar barrage followed by a concentrated insurgent ground attack. The insurgents breached the lines of another company and threatened to overrun the command post. Sergeant Totty rallied his men and led them to the assistance of the embattled friendly element. They encountered the Viet Cong before they overran the command post and halted the insurgent advance with rifle fire and grenades. The Viet Cong brought up their support elements and began another assault of friendly positions. Undaunted, Sergeant Totty led his men into the center of the battle. After moments of violent hand to hand combat and effective fire into the insurgent ranks, the Viet Cong were forced to retreat. Sergeant Totty and his comrades regained the territory lost in the initial attack and with suppressive fire forced the Viet Cong back into a devastating air strike and mortar barrage. The desperate Viet Cong attempted to break the cordon that closed around them. Sergeant Totty again moved to the area of heaviest fighting to assist his embattled comrades. He continued to fight courageously and killed many Viet Cong before he was mortally wounded by an enemy grenade. Platoon Sergeant Totty’s outstanding display of aggressiveness, devotion to duty, and personal bravery is in keeping with the finest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 1st Infantry Division and the United States Army.