Vice President Spiro Agnew awarded the medal in a ceremony that also honored John Andrew Barnes III and Fr.

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.

As his unit moved through the dense underbrush, it was suddenly met with a hail of rocket, automatic weapons and small arms fire from enemy forces concealed in fortified bunkers and in the surrounding trees.

Stryker detected enemy elements attempting to encircle his company and isolate it from the main body of the friendly force.

Stryker repeatedly fired grenades into the trees, killing enemy snipers and enabling his comrades to sever the attempted encirclement.

Stryker observed several wounded members of his squad in the killing zone of an enemy claymore mine.