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Medal of Honor Recipient

James Richard Hendrix

U.S. Army · World War II

MOH-RC-001921Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1945

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Medal of Honor

December 26, 1944

near Assenois, Belgium

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
World War II
Unit or command
3d Platoon, Company C, 53d Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division
Presentation date
September 1, 1945

The Citation

Sources ↓
On the night of 26 December 1944, near Assenois, Belgium, he was with the leading element engaged in the final thrust to break through to the besieged garrison at Bastogne when halted by a fierce combination of artillery and small arms fire. He dismounted from his half-track and advanced against two 88mm. guns, and, by the ferocity of his rifle fire, compelled the guncrews to take cover and then to surrender. Later in the attack he again left his vehicle, voluntarily, to aid 2 wounded soldiers, helpless and exposed to intense machinegun fire. Effectively silencing 2 hostile machineguns, he held off the enemy by his own fire until the wounded men were evacuated. Pvt. Hendrix again distinguished himself when he hastened to the aid of still another soldier who was trapped in a burning half-track. Braving enemy sniper fire and exploding mines and ammunition in the vehicle, he extricated the wounded man and extinguished his flaming clothing, thereby saving the life of his fellow soldier. Pvt. Hendrix, by his superb courage and heroism, exemplified the highest 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. James Richard Hendrix — 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-001929
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
74
Later or highest recorded rank
Master Sergeant
Entered service at
Lepanto, Ark.
Archive transcription SHA-256
e9a4a05c4043ab9b4ee540dd84e16f4a2b40e65116d0c1f41af1f7fdda6a0704

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

The current authoritative source expands or normalizes the inherited name from James R. Hendrix to James Richard Hendrix; both renderings remain preserved. The current profile supplies rank at time of action as Private; the inherited rank field remains preserved as None. The current profile records later or highest rank Master Sergeant; it is stored separately from rank at time of action. The current source records 3d Platoon, Company C, 53d Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division; the inherited unit field Company C, 53d Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division remains preserved as a source variant. 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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