(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain (Chaplain’s Corps) Jerry Davis Autry, United States Army, for gallantry in action involving close combat against an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Chaplain Autry distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions in 1968, while serving as Chaplain of the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, on a combat mission near Hue, in the Republic of Vietnam, in 1968. Finding himself in the middle of a well-concealed mine field, at the detonation of the first mine the paratroopers froze. Immediately the Viet Cong began firing at the exposed men, causing more mines to explode. Chaplain Autry was wounded in the furious melee of flying bullets and mine fragments. The rest f the company pulled back and laid down a wall of supporting fire, as other units maneuvered to silence the enemy. Chaplain Autry, however, was not content to sit and wait it out. Disregarding his own wound, he dragged one wounded soldier through the mines to safety, and then went back for another. When the enemy was finally silenced, Chaplain Autry was on his way back to recover yet a third wounded man. Chaplain Autry’s extraordinary heroism in close combat against an enemy force is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the 101st Airborne Division, and the United States Army.