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Medal of Honor Recipient

Herman C Wallace

U.S. Army · World War II

MOH-RC-000272Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1945

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Medal of Honor

1945-02-27

near Prumzurley, Germany

Rank at action
Private First Class
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
World War II
Unit or command
Company B, 301st Combat Engineer Battalion, 76th Infantry Division
Presentation date
October 25, 1945

The Citation

Sources ↓
He displayed conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity. While helping clear enemy mines from a road, he stepped on a well-concealed S-type antipersonnel mine. Hearing the characteristic noise indicating that the mine had been activated and, if he stepped aside, would be thrown upward to explode above ground and spray the area with fragments, surely killing 2 comrades directly behind him and endangering other members of his squad, he deliberately placed his other foot on the mine even though his best chance for survival was to fall prone. Pvt. Wallace was killed when the charge detonated, but his supreme heroism at the cost of his life confined the blast to the ground and his own body and saved his fellow soldiers from death or injury.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Herman C Wallace — current recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-25

    current identity, service, rank, unit, action metadata, and recipient-profile citation match

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000275
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-25
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
92
Entered service at
Lubbock, Tex.
Archive transcription SHA-256
5a9a91bd2da508fdb22b7eee95631c79b74852fdb7c3d9cbb57b6302776af366

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered-profile variants and editorial normalizations are documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current profile confirms the identity, Private First Class rank at action, complete unit, action date, and historical action-place wording. Legacy full citation text and row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending. Legacy full citation text and row provenance retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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