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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Alex C. Green (ASN: 0-5334550), 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 Combat Support Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. First Lieutenant Green distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 23 August 1968 while serving as an infantry platoon leader during a battalion-sized reconnaissance-in-force operation near Loc Ninh. He was leading his platoon through a dense grove of rubber trees when he spotted two North Vietnamese soldiers in an erosion ditch to his front. Deploying his men to both flanks, he caught the enemy in a cross fire which killed them both. Seconds later the lead company began receiving heavy automatic and rocket-propelled grenade fire. Captain Green quickly organized an assault and led his men through the intense enemy fire, personally killing four of the aggressors. At one point he stopped his charge to rescue a wounded man who lay exposed to the deadly hostile barrage. He next regrouped his platoon and then he initiated another attack, during which he was fiercely engaged by three of the communists. As he fired and killed one, another tossed a grenade at him which struck the stock of his rifle and fell a few feet to his front. Captain Green jumped backwards into a ditch, and immediately after the blast rose up and killed the enemy soldier. Although wounded in the neck he refused to be evacuated and continued to direct the assault until contact was broken. Captain Green’s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on himself and the United States Army.