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Medal of Honor Recipient

Clair Goodblood

U.S. Army · Korean War

MOH-RC-002355Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1952

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Medal of Honor

April 24, 1951

Popsu-dong, Korea

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Korean War
Unit or command
Company D, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division
Presentation date
February 1, 1952

The Citation

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Cpl. Goodblood, a member of Company D, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an armed enemy of the United Nations. Cpl. Goodblood, a machine gunner, was attached to Company B in defensive positions on thickly wooded key terrain under attack by a ruthless foe. In bitter fighting which ensued, the numerically superior enemy infiltrated the perimeter, rendering the friendly positions untenable. Upon order to move back, Cpl. Goodblood voluntarily remained to cover the withdrawal and, constantly vulnerable to heavy fire, inflicted withering destruction on the assaulting force. Seeing a grenade lobbed at his position, he shoved his assistant to the ground and flinging himself upon the soldier attempted to shield him. Despite his valorous act both men were wounded. Rejecting aid for himself, he ordered the ammunition bearer to evacuate the injured man for medical treatment. He fearlessly maintained his l-man defense, sweeping the onrushing assailants with fire until an enemy banzai charge carried the hill and silenced his gun. When friendly elements regained the commanding ground, Cpl. Goodblood's body was found lying beside his gun and approximately 100 hostile dead lay in the wake of his field of fire. Through his unflinching courage and willing self-sacrifice the onslaught was retarded, enabling his unit to withdraw, regroup, and resecure the strongpoint. Cpl. Goodblood's inspirational conduct and devotion to duty reflect lasting glory on himself and are in keeping with the noble traditions of the military service.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Clair Goodblood — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002366
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
14
Entered service at
Burnham, Maine
Archive transcription SHA-256
b0151b1bc3ee89d8784babf885825e8e56da5f1d5ca63cf426f615e370c04988

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The inherited rank-1 Society candidate was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The controlled canonical unit or command is Company D, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division; the current structured profile renders Company D, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division, and the inherited wording Company D, 7th Infantry Regiment remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1951-04-24 and classifies the action under Korean War; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is Popsu-dong, Korea; the current structured place Popsu-dong, Korea and the complete inherited geocoder value South Korea remain preserved in the audit evidence. The inherited full citation remains canonical and checksum-protected; current rendered wording is preserved separately where transcribed. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.

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