SGM LACY MCDOUGALD, JR. (then Sergeant First Class), United States Army, Detachment B-55, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. 5 April 1970. For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Sergeant First Class McDougald distinguished himself while serving as Senior American Advisor to a company of Vietnamese soldiers during an assault of Nui Khet Mountain. Although a previous allied attack on the enemy emplacements had been repulsed, Sergeant McDougald led his men through the intense enemy fire up the steep incline of the mountain. As the enemy fire intensified, the sergeant crawled to a forward observation point where he directed allied artillery on enemy positions less than thirty meters away. Continuing the assault, he exposed himself to a hail of enemy bullets as he moved from man to another encouraging each to sustain the attack. Suddenly, Sergeant McDougald’s company came under an intense grenade attack from an enemy bunker complex. Without hesitation, he moved to a large rock formation and tossed numerous grenades into the nearby enemy bunkers thereby destroying them. As a result of this action, the remaining friendly forces soon overran the enemy soldiers and secured the mountaintop for the allies. Sergeant First Class McDougald’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.