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Medal of Honor Recipient

Noah Odell Knight

U.S. Army · Korean War

MOH-RC-002459Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1953

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Medal of Honor

November 23, 1951

near Kowang-San, Korea

Rank at action
Private First Class
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Korean War
Unit or command
Company F, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division
Presentation date
January 7, 1953

The Citation

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Pfc. Knight, a member of Company F, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and indomitable courage above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. He occupied a key position in the defense perimeter when waves of enemy troops passed through their own artillery and mortar concentrations and charged the company position. Two direct hits from an enemy emplacement demolished his bunker and wounded him. Disregarding personal safety, he moved to a shallow depression for a better firing vantage. Unable to deliver effective fire from his defilade position, he left his shelter, moved through heavy fire in full view of the enemy and, firing into the ranks of the relentless assailants, inflicted numerous casualties, momentarily stemming the attack. Later during another vicious onslaught, he observed an enemy squad infiltrating the position and, counterattacking, killed or wounded the entire group. Expending the last of his ammunition, he discovered 3 enemy soldiers entering the friendly position with demolition charges. Realizing the explosives would enable the enemy to exploit the breach, he fearlessly rushed forward and disabled 2 assailants with the butt of his rifle when the third exploded a demolition charge killing the 3 enemy soldiers and mortally wounding Pfc. Knight. Pfc. Knight's supreme sacrifice and consummate devotion to duty reflect lasting glory on himself and uphold the noble 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. Noah Odell Knight — 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-002470
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
2
Entered service at
Jefferson, S.C.
Archive transcription SHA-256
84869a85826720bcd9a7d507b3253c602ff4a375146160407ecb5e5e892b3a13

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 current evidence expands or refines the inherited display name Noah O. Knight to Noah Odell Knight; the inherited form remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The controlled canonical unit or command is Company F, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division; the current structured profile renders Company F, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division, and the inherited wording Company F, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The current authoritative evidence controls the action date as 1951-11-23 and classifies the action under Korean War; the inherited unnormalized date and conflict values remain preserved in the audit record. The controlled historical action place is near Kowang-San, Korea; the current structured place near Kowang-San, Korea and the complete inherited geocoder value Kowang-san, Wangjing-myeon, Yeoncheon-gun remain preserved in the audit evidence. 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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