Jude Voss

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Jude Voss, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with the 1st Battalion, 3d Special Forces Group (Airborne), during combat operations in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, in Afghanistan. Staff Sergeant Voss, a senior engineer sergeant, pulled a soldier out of a burning vehicle in Afghanistan while ammunition exploded all around him. Staff Sergeant Voss received burns on his hands and forearms but was still able to carry the wounded soldier to safety.