Clinton M. Hedrick: Medal of Honor Citation

Rank at action: Technical Sergeant
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: World War II
Unit or command: Company I, 194th Glider Infantry, 17th Airborne Division
Presentation date: October 19, 1945

The Citation

He displayed extraordinary heroism and gallantry in action on 2728 March 1945, in Germany. Following an airborne landing near Wesel, his unit was assigned as the assault platoon for the assault on Lembeck. Three times the landing elements were pinned down by intense automatic weapons fire from strongly defended positions. Each time, T/Sgt. Hedrick fearlessly charged through heavy fire, shooting his automatic rifle from his hip. His courageous action so inspired his men that they reduced the enemy positions in rapid succession. When 6 of the enemy attempted a surprise, flanking movement, he quickly turned and killed the entire party with a burst of fire. Later, the enemy withdrew across a moat into Lembeck Castle. T/Sgt. Hedrick, with utter disregard for his own safety, plunged across the drawbridge alone in pursuit. When a German soldier, with hands upraised, declared the garrison wished to surrender, he entered the castle yard with 4 of his men to accept the capitulation. The group moved through a sally port, and was met by fire from a German self-propelled gun. Although mortally wounded, T/Sgt. Hedrick fired at the enemy gun and covered the withdrawal of his comrades. He died while being evacuated after the castle was taken. His great personal courage and heroic leadership contributed in large measure to the speedy capture of Lembeck and provided an inspiring example to his comrades.

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Clinton M. Hedrick — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30
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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes

Award ID: MOH-AW-002404
Transcription status: Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check: 2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original): 89
Entered service at: Riverton, W. Va.
Archive transcription SHA-256: d5a22eed114e814b9dcbb7d640aca2c3100b7ecf3f004c9ff67fce40060075f3

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 exact current profile heading is Clinton M Hedrick; the controlled display name is Clinton M. Hedrick, and both forms remain preserved. The controlled canonical unit or command is Company I, 194th Glider Infantry, 17th Airborne Division; the current structured profile renders Company I, 194th Glider Infantry, 17th Airborne Division, and the inherited wording Company I, 194th Glider Infantry, 17th Airborne Division remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The controlled action-date display is March 27–28, 1945; the current structured source value and any fuller citation chronology remain separately attributed. The controlled historical action place is near Lembeck, Germany; the current structured place near Lembeck, Germany and the complete inherited geocoder value Lembeck, 46286 Dorsten, Germany 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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Clinton M. Hedrick

March 27–28, 1945

The Citation

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