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Medal of Honor Recipient

Edward Andrew Bennett

U.S. Army · World War II

MOH-RC-002187Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1945

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Medal of Honor

February 1, 1945

Heckhuscheid, Germany

Rank at action
Corporal
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
World War II
Unit or command
Company B, 1st Battalion, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division
Presentation date
October 30, 1945

The Citation

Sources ↓
He was advancing with Company B across open ground to assault Heckhuscheid, Germany, just after dark when vicious enemy machinegun fire from a house on the outskirts of the town pinned down the group and caused several casualties. He began crawling to the edge of the field in an effort to flank the house, persisting in this maneuver even when the hostile machinegunners located him by the light of burning buildings and attempted to cut him down as he made for the protection of some trees. Reaching safety, he stealthily made his way by a circuitous route to the rear of the building occupied by the German gunners. With his trench knife he killed a sentry on guard there and then charged into the darkened house. In a furious hand-to-hand struggle he stormed about a single room which harbored 7 Germans. Three he killed with rifle fire, another he clubbed to death with the butt of his gun, and the 3 others he dispatched with his .45 caliber pistol. The fearless initiative, stalwart combat ability, and outstanding gallantry of Cpl. Bennett eliminated the enemy fire which was decimating his company's ranks and made it possible for the Americans to sweep all resistance from the town.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Edward Andrew Bennett — 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-002197
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
95
Entered service at
Middleport, Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
fe37779650494e26bcb62ccca2abcd9952826c90d4af21db723c3896382a1dde

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, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The current authoritative source expands or normalizes the inherited name from Edward A. Bennett to Edward Andrew Bennett; both forms remain preserved. The current profile records Company B, 1st Battalion, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division; the inherited unit field Company B, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division remains preserved as a source variant. The previously unnormalized action date is controlled as 1945-02-01 from the current authoritative profile. The current source confirms the inherited historical action place Heckhuscheid, Germany. The current authoritative profile classifies the action under World War II; the inherited unclassified value remains preserved in the audit record. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.

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