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Medal of Honor Recipient

John Earl Warren Jr.

U.S. Army · Vietnam War

MOH-RC-002141Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1969

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Medal of Honor

January 14, 1969

Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam

Rank at action
First Lieutenant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Vietnam War
Unit or command
Company C, 2d Battalion (Mechanized), 22d Infantry, 25th Infantry Division

The Citation

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For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. 1st Lt. Warren, distinguished himself at the cost of his life while serving as a platoon leader with Company C. While moving through a rubber plantation to reinforce another friendly unit, Company C came under intense fire from a well-fortified enemy force. Disregarding his safety, 1st Lt. Warren with several of his men began maneuvering through the hail of enemy fire toward the hostile positions. When he had come to within 6 feet of one of the enemy bunkers and was preparing to toss a hand grenade into it, an enemy grenade was suddenly thrown into the middle of his small group. Thinking only of his men, 1st Lt. Warren fell in the direction of the grenade, thus shielding those around him from the blast. His action, performed at the cost of his life, saved 3 men from serious or mortal injury. First Lt. Warren's ultimate action of sacrifice to save the lives of his men was in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflection upon himself and the U.S. Army.

Sources & record notes

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  1. John Earl Warren Jr. — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002151
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Entered service at
New York, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
742f9afdefb06ed0b237ffa3bf9fafc6476dc0b3f831879cf63d351f4a864f33

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

The canonical current reference profile was confirmed at inherited candidate rank 3; the higher-ranked candidate was not accepted merely because of rank or HTTP behavior, and every candidate remains preserved. The current authoritative source expands or normalizes the inherited name from John E. Warren Jr. to John Earl Warren Jr.; both renderings remain preserved. The controlled canonical unit wording is Company C, 2d Battalion (Mechanized), 22d Infantry, 25th Infantry Division; the inherited unit Company C, 2d Battalion 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 Vietnam War; the inherited Not yet classified value remains preserved in the audit record.

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