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Korean War
Gave his life
The Unknown American of the Korean War
U.S. Armed Forces
Korean conflict · Overseas; buried at Arlington National Cemetery
- Branch
- U.S. Armed Forces
- Era
- Korean War
- Action
- Overseas; buried at Arlington National Cemetery
The citation
Official citation
An Act to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to the unknown American who lost his life while serving overseas in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Korean conflict. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby authorized and directed to award, in the name of the Congress, a Medal of Honor to the unknown American who lost his life while serving overseas in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Korean conflict, and who will lie buried in the Memorial Amphitheater of the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, as authorized by the Act of August 3, 1956, Public Law 975, Eighty-fourth Congress. Approved August 31, 1957. Public Law 85-251.