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 Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Daniel Farren Schungel (ASN: 0-65286), 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 C, 5th Special Forces (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. Lieutenant Colonel Schungel distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 6 and 7 February 1968 as the commander of the Special Forces camp at Lang Vei. A North Vietnamese Army force launched an armor-supported ground assault on the camp under cover of intense mortar, artillery and rocket fire. When the enemy tanks broke through the defensive wire of the camp, Colonel Schungel, disregarding the heavy volume of incoming artillery rounds, moved outside the command bunker to personally organize and lead a tank killer team in a fierce counterattack on the enemy armor. He moved through the intense and accurate fire from the tanks’ coaxial machine guns and personally destroyed one of them with a light anti-tank weapon. When three occupants of the tank emerged from the turret, he engaged them in close combat and killed all three. As the determined enemy began an assault on the command bunker, he directed all personnel in the area to take cover while he remained behind to provide covering fire. He was wounded by the blast from an exploding round which hit the barrier he was using for a shield. He then sought safety for himself, carrying a wounded comrade with him. When air strikes had momentarily silenced the enemy guns, he led his men from the bunker where they had taken cover to a safe area. Lieutenant Colonel Schungel’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.