[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 159 (Friday, October 4, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1244]
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           HONORING SPECIALIST FOURTH CLASS JOHN WESLEY DAHR

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                            HON. SCOTT PERRY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 4, 2019

  Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the Tenth 
District of Pennsylvania and a grateful Nation to honor the memory and 
exceptional service and sacrifice of Specialist Fourth Class John 
Wesley Dahr of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. Specialist Dahr earned the 
Distinguished Service Cross for his unhesitating and selfless bravery 
in combat during the Vietnam War, and made the ultimate sacrifice for 
the cause of his fellow Soldiers, and for our Nation.
  On 8 January 1967, Specialist Dahr was participating in search and 
destroy missions near Cu Chi with elements of the 25th Infantry 
Division, when his company was pinned down by Viet Cong and received 
heavy incoming fire. Specialist Dahr willingly subjected himself to 
enemy fire and waded through waist-deep water to aid a wounded comrade. 
After carrying the wounded Soldier 100 meters to safety, he repeated 
his heroic actions, rescuing two more Soldiers before returning to the 
center of the battlefield to combat the enemy.
  As he fired upon the Viet Cong, he saw yet another wounded Soldier 
and ran to his aid. Despite extreme risk to his own life, he stood up 
in the open to hold the injured warrior above water while he sought 
help to get them both to safety. Specialist Dahr was mortally wounded 
during his attempt to rescue a fourth Soldier.
  Specialist Dahr's actions set the standard by which all others should 
be judged. Our Country owes him a debt of eternal gratitude for his 
extraordinary actions in the line of duty and in the face of terror. 
Specialist Dahr's tireless, selfless and heroic actions are a credit to 
himself, his Family, the United States Army and the United States of 
America.

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