The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Sergeant Lee O. Wall (ASN: US-54667235), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam, while serving with Company B, 2d Battalion, 2d Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), 1st Infantry Division. Sergeant Wall distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 13 October 1968 as a squad leader at a night defensive position occupied by two platoons in the village of Tam Binh. When the camp came under heavy mortar, rocket-propelled grenade and recoilless rifle fire, Sergeant Wall exposed himself to the fusillade to make sure the men of his platoon were under cover and prepared for a ground attack, and then returned to his armored personnel carrier to direct a barrage at the enemy positions. His track was struck by rocket-propelled grenade and recoilless rifle fire, seriously wounding the machine gunner and causing Sergeant Wall to lose his hearing from the concussion for the remainder of the night. Sergeant Wall and a medic carried the wounded gunner over one hundred meters through the hostile small arms and mortar fire to the aid station. Although Sergeant Wall was wounded in the knee and knocked to the ground by an exploding mortar, he again braved the fusillade to find three more casualties and bring them to the aid station. While he was moving toward an armored personnel carrier which was receiving intense enemy fire, two communists broke through the defensive wire and attempted to mount the besieged track. Sergeant Wall killed them with a burst of machine gun fire and, firing all of his ammunition and throwing grenades, drove back the aggressors who were charging through the break in the wire. After checking his troops’ positions, he manned a bunker and directed devastating fire until the enemy began to withdraw. He then organized litter parties and assisted in loading the wounded onto the ambulance helicopters. Sergeant Wall’s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.