The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Corporal Donald R. Neal (ASN: 39385528), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 70th Tank Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in Sicily in July and August 1943. Corporal Neal, a member of a tank crew, dismounted his tank in the face of tremendous enemy artillery, antitank, and small arms fire and assisted in destroying an enemy antitank gun crew and a field artillery piece as well as capturing forty prisoners. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.