Christopher Rich

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Christopher Rich, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, during combat operations in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, near Samarra, Iraq, on 19 October 2004. Sergeant Rich was instrumental in ensuring that a multiple car-bomb attack against his unit in Samarra was defeated.