CAPTAIN MILTON C. DAUGHERTY, received the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary heroism on 5 March 1969 while serving as a company commander near Kontum City, Republic of Vietnam. 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 beleagured 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 severly 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.

Captain Daugherty joined the Legion of Valor in 1971.