• Awarded on: March 7, 1996

In May 1995, Sergeant Meilleur was deployed in Kasic, in the Croatian republic of Krajina, when a Serbian Army troop dangerously approached and attempted to gain control of the observation post under his command. Sergeant Meilleur quickly ordered his troops to the protective bunkers and organized their defence. In the obscurity, and without an interpreter, he singlehandedly faced the Serbs in order to negotiate their retreat and to defuse the situation. By his calmness, quick-thinking and cool-headedness, Sergeant Meilleur preserved the lives of the men under his command and maintained the safety of the sector.