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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Kiner, Harold G. |
| Date of birth: | April 14th, 1924 (Aline/Oklahoma, United States)
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October 2nd, 1944 (Palenberg/Rhine Province, Germany)
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American |
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MEDAL OF HONOR - ARMY (MOH)
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Rank:
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Private
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Unit:
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Company F, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory" U.S.Army
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Awarded on:
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June 23rd, 1945
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Action:
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Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company F, 117th Infantry, 30th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Palenberg, Germany, 2 October 1944. Entered service at: Enid, Okla. Birth: Aline, Okla. G.O. No.: 48, 23 June 1945.
Citation:
With 4 other men, he was leading in a frontal assault 2 October 1944, on a Siegfried Line pillbox near Palenberg, Germany. Machinegun fire from the strongly defended enemy position 25 yards away pinned down the attackers. The Germans threw hand grenades, 1 of which dropped between Pvt. Kiner and 2 other men. With no hesitation, Private Kiner hurled himself upon the grenade, smothering the explosion. By his gallant action and voluntary sacrifice of his own life, he saved his 2 comrades from serious injury or death.
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Details:
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Awarded posthumously.
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| Information source(s): |
- Jordan, Kenneth N., Yesterday’s Heroes – 433 men of World War II awarded the Medal of Honor 1941-1945, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., USA, 1996
- Hewitt, R.L., Workhorse of the Western Front – The Story of the 30th Infantry Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1980
- Wikipedia.org
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