LEST WE FORGET
1ST LT HARRY McFALLS'
LEWES
Thursday, May 9, 1968,
Wilmington News Journal
Lewes, Delaware:
The Silver Star has been
presented posthumously to the widow of 1st Lt. Harry P.
McFalls'
killed in action in
Vietman, January 10. 1968.
The award was presented to
Mrs. Sarah Burnside McFalls' by Col. Harry Jennings of the
Delaware National Guard at
the Lewes Army Reserve Center, with duplicates going to the
daughters of McFalls',
Betty, age 8 and Cynthia, age 5. Lt. McFalls' father, Sgt First
Class
Henry S. McFalls of Fort
Bragg, North Carolina was present at the ceremony. Also awarded
were the Bronz Star for
general valor and a Purple Heart.
The Silver Star,is the
third highest valor awarded just below the Medal of Honor and
the
Distinguished Service
Cross.
McFalls was killed leading
his platoon in the 9th Infantry division in a combat
assault on a
heavy fortified enemy
bunker complex, exposed himself to enemy fire to carry wounded out
of an open field to the
safety of a tree line.
A ten year veteran of the
Army McFalls began service at Ft. Miles, Lewes , in the MP Corps,
was a graduate of Officers
Candidate School, served in Germany before being assigned to
Vietnam last November.
The widow, Sarah Burnside
McFalls, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs William A Burnside
of Lewes.
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