• Awarded on: March 10, 1995

Major Vance commanded a task force that cleared a minefield lane between United Nations positions in the presence of armed, belligerent Croat and Krajina-Serb forces in Croatia on December 20, 1994. He then personally led the first relief team of allied soldiers through the lane and organized their immediate logistical support. His leadership and professionalism were instrumental in the success of this complicated and dangerous mission.