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Medal of Honor Recipient

Harold G. Kiner

U.S. Army · World War II

MOH-RC-001924Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1945

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Medal of Honor

October 2, 1944

near Palenberg, Germany

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
World War II
Unit or command
Company F, 117th Infantry, 30th Infantry Division
Presentation date
June 23, 1945

The Citation

Sources ↓
With 4 other men, he was leading in a frontal assault 2 October 1944, on a Siegfried Line pillbox near Palenberg, Germany. Machinegun fire from the strongly defended enemy position 25 yards away pinned down the attackers. The Germans threw hand grenades, 1 of which dropped between Pvt. Kiner and 2 other men. With no hesitation, Private Kiner hurled himself upon the grenade, smothering the explosion. By his gallant action and voluntary sacrifice of his own life, he saved his 2 comrades from serious injury or death.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Harold G. Kiner — 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-001932
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
48
Entered service at
Enid, Okla.
Archive transcription SHA-256
0139dd7285ca5167eb9f5932d171379cc9a1cc5876e392dda2eb04748eb19f9c

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

The current profile supplies rank at time of action as Private; the inherited rank field remains preserved as None. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved. The current authoritative profile classifies the action under World War II; the inherited unclassified value remains preserved in the audit record.

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