Distinguished Service Crosses Awarded to Korean War Veterans

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List of Citations and/or Recipients

Barnes, Thomas J.

1st Lieutenant, July 9, 1953, Co. K, 17th Infantry Regiment, Sokkogae, Korea - KIA

Dunwood, Harold H.

Major, August 31-September 3, 1951, C.O., 3rd Battalion, Chapa-ri, Korea

Farrell, Joseph E.

Private First Class, September 3, 1951, Co. M, 17th Infantry Regiment, Chapa-ri, Korea - KIA

Hensley, James

Corporal, December 19, 1950, Co. F, 17th Infantry Regiment, Hungnam, Korea

Hovey, Howard C.

Master Sergeant, July 6, 1953, Co. A, 17th Infantry Regiment, Sokkogae, Korea - KIA

Inuzuka, Minco

2nd Lieutenant, May 27, 1951, Co. F, 17th Infantry Regiment, Chongo-ri, Korea

Kahoohanohano, Anthony T.

Private First Class, September 1, 1951, Co. H, 17th Infantry Regiment, Chupa-ri, Korea - KIA

Manuel, John R.

Sergeant, March 9, 1951, Co. E, 17th Infantry Regiment, Twi-got, Korea - KIA

May, Homer I.

Sergeant, September 1-2, 1951, Co. L, 17th Infantry Regiment, Chupa-ri, Korea - KIA

McGarity, Wiley

1st Lieutenant, September 1, 1951, Co. F, 17th Infantry Regiment, Paengma-goi, Korea

Murray, Raymond L.

CO, 5th Marines, November 29-December 4, 1950

Nakata, Harold I.

Corporal, October 6-7, 1952, Company A, 17th Infantry Regiment, Surang-ni, Korea

Noble, Joseph E. Jr.

The President of the United States of America, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Joseph E. Noble, Jr., United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while Commanding a Battalion from an Infantry Regiment of the 7th Infantry Division. Lieutenant Colonel Noble distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces in the vicinity of Sokkogae, Korea, on the afternoon of 8 July 1953. On that date, Colonel Noble was the commander of a battalion counterattacking a numerically superior enemy force which was assaulting a strategic United Nations outpost. Completely disregarding his personal safety, Colonel Noble left the comparative safety of his command post and proceeded through the intense barrage to the sector of the heaviest fighting to personally direct the activities of his unit. Although he had previously given his steel helmet and armored vest to one of his men, Colonel Noble continually moved about the fire-wept terrain to encourage his comrades, call in accurate variable time fire, and to assist in the manning of crew-served weapons. Although injured by a mortar shell, Colonel Noble remained in the area for the next two days, on one occasion personally extinguishing a fire in an ammunition dump which threatened the lives of many men. Colonel Noble refused to be evacuated until he had personally supervised an orderly withdrawal of all units from the outpost.

Service: Army
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Headquarters, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea: General Orders No. 63 (February 19, 1954)

Northcutt, Robert

Sergeant, July 8 and 9, 1953, Platoon Sergeant, 17th Infantry Regiment, Sokkogae, Korea

Powell, Herbert B.

Colonel, Regimental CO, 17th Infantry Regiment, November 1-21, 1950, Pungsan, Korea

Read, Beverly M.

Lt. Colonel, Regimental HQ, 17th Infantry Regiment, July 7, 1953, Sokkogae, Korea

Taft, Paul B.

Private First Class, November 17, 1950, Company B, 17th Infantry Regiment, Soju-ri, Korea - KIA

Uffman, Milton F.

Captain, February 19, 1951, S-2 HQ First Battalion, Kuram, Korea

Van Cleave, Richard C.

Corporal, May 28, 1951, Company A, 17th Infantry Regiment, Chonjae-dong, Korea - KIA

Wightman, James M.

Master Sergeant, March 9, 1951, Company E, 17th Infantry Regiment, Twi-got, Korea - KIA

Wood, Marvin R.

Corporal, November 17, 1950, Medical Company, 17th Infantry Regiment, Soju-ri, Korea - KIA