specialist for, santiago j. erevia. america authorized by act of congress, march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to specialist 4 santiago j. erevia, united states army for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. specialist santiago j. erevia dissensions up on 21 may 1969 while serving as a radio telephone operator in company see, first battalion air mobile 501st infantry, 101st airborne division, airmobile, doing a search and clear mission near -- in the republic of vietnam. through his heroic actions the lives of the wounded were saved and the members of the company command post for relief from a very precarious situation. his exemplary performance in the face of overwhelming danger was an inspiration to his entire company, and contributed immeasurably to the excess of the nation. specialist 4 santiago j. erevia gallantry extraordinary heroism and intrepidity at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of duty, or in keepi

and so i want to begin by welcoming santiago erevia to stage for the reading of the citation. >> specialist 4 santiago jerevia. united states army. the president of the united states of america authorized by active congress, march 3, 1863, awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to specialist 4 santiago j. erevia, united states army. for gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. specialist 4 santiago j. erevia distinguished himself by acts of gallantry above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio telephone operator in company c first battalion air mobile, 501st infantry, 101st airborne division air mobile during search and clear mission near tam ky, republic of vietnam in 1969. after breaching and insurgent perimeter, specialist 4 erevia was designated by platoon leader to render first casualties and the platoon move forward. he came under fire from four bunkers to his left front. though he could have taken cover with the rest of element, he chose a retaliatory course of action. with heavy enemy fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostil

santiago j. erevia, united states army for gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. santiago j. erevia distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a adio telephone operator in irst battalion air mobile, 101 airborne division near tamky republic of vietnam on may 21, 1969. specialist 4 erevia rendered first aid to several casualties and the rest of the plaptoon moved forward. he came under intense hostile fire from four bunkers. although he could have taken cover with the rest of the element, he chose a course of action. with heaven my fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostile gunners as he proceeded to crawl from one wounded man to the other gathering ammunition. armed with two m-16 rifles, he charged toward the enemy positions behind the suppressive fire of the two rifles. under intense fire as he continued to advance, he was near the first bumpinger. disregarding the enemy fire, he pulled the pin from a hand grenade and advanced

santiago j. erevia, united states army for gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. santiago j. erevia distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a adio telephone operator in irst battalion air mobile, 101 airborne division near tamky republic of vietnam on may 21, 1969. specialist 4 erevia rendered first aid to several casualties and the rest of the plaptoon moved forward. he came under intense hostile fire from four bunkers. although he could have taken cover with the rest of the element, he chose a course of action. with heaven my fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostile gunners as he proceeded to crawl from one wounded man to the other gathering ammunition. armed with two m-16 rifles, he charged toward the enemy positions behind the suppressive fire of the two rifles. under intense fire as he continued to advance, he was near the first bumpinger. disregarding the enemy fire, he pulled the pin from a hand grenade and advanced

to specialist 4 santiago j.erevia, united states army for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his life abofr and beyond the call of duty. specialist 4 sanity yag a&e j. erevianguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio and telephone operator in company c first baa tallian air mobile 501st air infantry, 101st airborne division air mobile during search and clear missions near tam ky, republic of vietnam on may 21, 1969. after breaching a perimeter specialist 4 erevia was designated by his platoon leader to render aid to several casualties and the rest of the platoon move forward. as he was doing so he came under intense hostile fire from four bunkers to his left front. although he could have taken cover with the rest of the element, he chose a retaliatory course of action. with heavy enemy fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostile gunners as he proceeded to crawl from one wounded man to another, gathering ammunition. armed with two m-16 rifles and several hand grenades he charged toward the enemy position behind the suppressive fire of the two rifles. under very intense fire