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World War II
Gave his life
The Unknown American of World War II
U.S. Armed Forces
Second World War · Overseas; buried at Arlington National Cemetery
- Branch
- U.S. Armed Forces
- Era
- World War II
- 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 Second World War. 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 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 Second World War, and who will lie buried in the Memorial Amphitheater of the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, as authorized by the Act of June 24, 1946, Public Law 429, Seventy-ninth Congress. Approved March 9, 1948. Public Law 438, 80th Congress.