*RED CLOUD, MITCHELL, JR.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 19th Infantry Regiment
Place and date:
Near Chonghyon, Korea, 5 November 1950
Entered service at:
Merrilan WI
Born:
2 July 1924, Hatfield, WI (Red Cloud was a member of the Ho-Chunk
Winnebago tribe.)
General Order Number 26, 25 April 1951
Cpl. Red Cloud, Company E, distinguished himself by conspicuous
gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in
action against the enemy. From his position on the point of a ridge
immediately in front of the company command post he was the first to
detect the approach of the Chinese Communist forces and give the
alarm as the enemy charged from a brush-covered area less than 100
feet from him. Springing up he delivered devastating point blank
automatic rifle fire into the advancing enemy. His accurate and
intense fire checked this assault and gained time for the company to
consolidate its defense. With utter fearlessness he maintained his
firing position until severely wounded by enemy fire. Refusing
assistance he pulled himself to his feet and wrapping his arm around
a tree continued his deadly fire again, until he was fatally
wounded. This heroic act stopped the enemy from overrunning his
company's position and gained time for reorganization and evacuation
of the wounded. Cpl. Red Cloud's dauntless courage and gallant
self-sacrifice reflects the highest credit upon himself and upholds
the esteemed traditions of the U.S. Army.
Compiler: Merry Helm, Association Historian
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