3/21/2024 0 Comments Forged in fire winners wallB Lettered List of Links BALDONADO, JOE R.įor conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty:Ĭorporal Joe R. His sustained personal bravery and indomitable fighting spirit against overwhelming odds reflect the utmost glory upon himself and uphold the finest traditions of the infantry and the military service. Adams' superb leadership, incredible courage, and consummate devotion to duty so inspired his comrades that the enemy attack was completely thwarted, saving his battalion from possible disaster. Upon receiving orders that his battalion was moving back he provided cover fire while his men withdrew. Adams and his comrades routed the fanatical foe, killing over 50 and forcing the remainder to withdraw. After nearly an hour of vicious action M/Sergeant. Shouting orders he charged the enemy positions and engaged them in hand-to-hand combat where man after man fell before his terrific onslaught with bayonet and rifle butt. He jumped to his feet and, ignoring his wound, continued on to close with the enemy when he was knocked down 4 times from the concussion of grenades which had bounced off his body. Adams was knocked to the ground when pierced in the leg by an enemy bullet. Adams leaped to his feet, urged his men to fix bayonets, and he, with 13 members of his platoon, charged this hostile force with indomitable courage. Observing approximately 150 hostile troops silhouetted against the skyline advancing against his platoon, M/Sergeant. Intense small-arms, machine gun, and mortar fire from 3 sides pressed the platoon back against the main line of resistance. Adams' platoon, holding an outpost some 200 yards ahead of his company, came under a determined attack by an estimated 250 enemy troops. Adams, Company A, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy. Place and date: Near Sesim-ni, Korea, 4 February 1951. Rank and organization: Master Sergeant (then Sergeant. He gallantly gave his life for his country. His superb courage and heroic initiative sustain and enhance the highest traditions of the U.S. Abrell, by his valiant spirit of self-sacrifice in the face of certain death, served to inspire all his comrades and contributed directly to the success of his platoon in attaining its objective. Fatally wounded in the resulting explosion which killed the entire enemy guncrew within the stronghold, Corporal. Sustaining 2 additional wounds as he stormed toward the emplacement, he resolutely pulled the pin from a grenade clutched in his hand and hurled himself bodily into the bunker with the live missile still in his grasp. Although previously wounded by enemy hand grenade fragments, he proceeded to carry out a bold, single-handed attack against the bunker, exhorting his comrades to follow him. Abrell voluntarily rushed forward through the assaulting squad which was pinned down by a hail of intense and accurate automatic-weapons fire from a hostile bunker situated on commanding ground. While advancing with his platoon in an attack against well-concealed and heavily fortified enemy hill positions, Corporal. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a fire team leader in Company E, in action against enemy aggressor forces. Place and date: Hangnyong, Korea, 10 June 1951. Marine Corps, Company E, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). A Lettered List of Links *ABRELL, CHARLES G.
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