Michael Mccarty

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Michael McCarty, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army (Reserve), for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Company C, 3d Battalion, 153d Infantry Regiment, 39th Brigade Combat Team, in combat against enemy forces in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, on 20 November 2004, near Adhamiya, Iraq. First Lieutenant McCarty’s platoon was patrolling in the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad when his platoon was attacked by a numerically superior enemy force. Facing rocket propelled grenades, medium machine guns and small arms fire, Lieutenant McCarty continually exposed himself in order to acquire targets and direct fire, at one point single-handedly charging and destroying an enemy machine gun. In all, his team stopped an enemy three-man machine-gun team and a force of about 75 insurgents. Lieutenant McCarty’s actions were responsible for saving American lives, destroying enemy forces, and preventing capture of an Iraqi Police Station.