Angel Dejesus

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Angel DeJesus, Chief Warrant Officer 2, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the 3d Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), during combat operations in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, on 19 May 2006, in Afghanistan. On that date, Chief Warrant Officer Two DeJesus was serving with a team of about two dozen Special Forces soldiers who were ambushed in the Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, by an estimated 150 o 200 Taliban Fighters. Disregarding his own safety, Warrant Officer DeJesus left his covered position to treat Captain Mat Johnsen’s gunshot wound, using his own body to shield his detachment commander.