Paul A. Fowler

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Paul A. Fowler, Captain, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while Commanding the 2d Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, during combat operations in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, during November 2004, in Iraq. During the battle for Fallujah, Captain Fowler executed a successful armored assault against several hundred enemy fighters in the northeastern part of the city, securing the flanks of battalions on either side. During a 14-hour firefight, he remained in position at the head of his company during house-to-house fighting in which nearly all of his tanks were attacked with grenades and small arms. On the third night of the operation, Captain Fowler led a house-to-house assault in southeast Fallujah that ended after 12 hours when his company destroyed a strong point occupied by 30 enemy fighters.