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 Captain (Infantry) Milton C. Daugherty, 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 D, 3d Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division. Captain Daugherty distinguished himself while serving as company commander west of Kontum City. On 5 March 1969 his unit came under a devastating barrage of intense and concentrated enemy mortar fire and was subsequently subjected to prolonged and vicious ground attacks by a North Vietnamese force. Although his beleaguered American force suffered heavy casualties, Captain Daugherty raced through areas receiving incoming rounds to direct and assist those sectors of his perimeter under the heaviest assault and in danger of being overrun. As the enemy shot round after round of mortar fire on the perimeter and concentrated on vulnerable defensive outposts, Captain Daugherty immediately crawled through shell-riddled areas to reach three severely wounded comrades. With one man in urgent need of medical attention, Captain Daugherty again braved the fusillade to drag the critical casualty and assist two other wounded comrades to safer areas. Twice more he returned to the outlying perimeter to direct counterfire and to carry wounded to safety. Captain Daugherty’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.