Jason D. Brown

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Jason D. Brown, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Company C, 3d Battalion, 3d Special Forces Group (Airborne) in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM at Debecka Pass, Iraq, on 6 April 2003. Under fire from artillery, tank shells, mortars and antiaircraft artillery bursts fired in a low arc toward him, Sergeant Brown squatted and fired shoulder-launched Javelin antitank missiles to take out two armored personnel carriers and ignite a troop truck full of Iraqi infantrymen. An hour before, Sergeant Brown had fired his very first Javelin at an Iraqi troop truck in the distance. Staff Sergeant Brown’s actions are in keeping with the finest traditions of military heroism and reflect distinct credit upon himself, this Command, and the United States Army.