Gerald Alex Wolford

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Gerald Alex Wolford, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the 2d Battalion, 162d Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, during combat operations in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on 31 March and 1 April 2003, in Iraq. When his gun truck was hit with two rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire, Staff Wolford pressed on to lead his heavy machine gun section through a four-hour battle to secure three river crossings in Ah Samawah, Iraq.