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Medal of Honor Recipient

Loren R. Kaufman

U.S. Army · Korean War

MOH-RC-002446Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1951

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Medal of Honor

September 4–5, 1950

near Yongsan, Korea

Rank at action
Sergeant First Class
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Korean War
Unit or command
Company G, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division
Presentation date
August 2, 1951

The Citation

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Sfc. Kaufman distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action. On the night of 4 September the company was in a defensive position on 2 adjoining hills. His platoon was occupying a strong point 2 miles away protecting the battalion flank. Early on 5 September the company was attacked by an enemy battalion and his platoon was ordered to reinforce the company. As his unit moved along a ridge it encountered a hostile encircling force. Sfc. Kaufman, running forward, bayoneted the lead scout and engaged the column in a rifle and grenade assault. His quick Vicious attack so surprised the enemy that they retreated in confusion. When his platoon joined the company he discovered that the enemy had taken commanding ground and pinned the company down in a draw. Without hesitation Sfc. Kaufman charged the enemy lines firing his rifle and throwing grenades. During the action, he bayoneted 2 enemy and seizing an unmanned machine gun, delivered deadly fire on the defenders. Following this encounter the company regrouped and resumed the attack. Leading the assault he reached the ridge, destroyed a hostile machine gun position, and routed the remaining enemy. Pursuing the hostile troops he bayoneted 2 more and then rushed a mortar position shooting the gunners. Remnants of the enemy fled to a village and Sfc. Kaufman led a patrol into the town, dispersed them, and burned the buildings. The dauntless courage and resolute intrepid leadership of Sfc. Kaufman were directly responsible for the success of his company in regaining its positions, reflecting distinct credit upon himself and upholding the esteemed 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. Loren R. Kaufman — 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-002457
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
61
Entered service at
The Dalles, Oreg.
Archive transcription SHA-256
02a36036f03fcfde44ca82de9868b346ffbd51d5817df0e18d62eb348db1a122

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, unit or command, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The exact current profile heading is Loren R Kaufman; the controlled display name is Loren R. Kaufman, and both forms remain preserved. The controlled canonical unit or command is Company G, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division; the current structured profile renders Company G, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division, and the inherited wording Company G, 9th Infantry Regiment remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The controlled action-date display is September 4–5, 1950; the current structured source value and any fuller citation chronology remain separately attributed. The controlled historical action place is near Yongsan, Korea; the current structured place near Yongsan, Korea and the complete inherited geocoder value Yongsan, 40-1 Hangangno 3(sam)-ga, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea remain preserved in the audit evidence. The structured action-date field gives September 4, 1950, while the rendered citation continues the fighting into the early hours of September 5. The controlled range records both days and preserves the structured single-date value separately. The inherited full citation remains canonical and checksum-protected; current rendered wording is preserved separately where transcribed. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.

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