Date of Enlistment: May 20, 1941 Home or Place of Enlistment: Firth, Idaho Killed in Action: September 23, 1950 BATTLE OF PUSAN PERIMETER
REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
By Order of the Secretary of the Army, the Presidential Unit Citation has been awarded by the President of the Republic of Korea to:
TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY DIVISION, UNITED STATES ARMY
CITATION: For the unprecedented shifts on the night of 1-2 August 1950 from the Army’s right to left flank, for its rapid organization of defenses in the Masan area and for its counterattack against three North Korean Divisions in the Chinju area. This counterattack, and the inclusive actions from 1 August to 11 August 1950 so disorganized the enemy’s advance that it was never later able, despite repeated and heavy attacks, to advance and capture the port of Pusan. This marked and brilliant performance of duty by each individual member of the 25th United States Infantry Division is in accord with the highest traditions of the military service.