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Medal of Honor Recipient

Robert Charles Murray

U.S. Army · Vietnam War

MOH-RC-002094Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1970

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Medal of Honor

June 7, 1970

near the village of Hiep Duc, Republic of Vietnam

Rank at action
Staff Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Vietnam War
Unit or command
Company B, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 196th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division

The Citation

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S/Sgt. Murray distinguished himself while serving as a squad leader with Company B. S/Sgt. Murray's squad was searching for an enemy mortar that had been threatening friendly positions when a member of the squad tripped an enemy grenade rigged as a booby trap. Realizing that he had activated the enemy booby trap, the soldier shouted for everybody to take cover. Instantly assessing the danger to the men of his squad, S/Sgt. Murray unhesitatingly and with complete disregard for his own safety, threw himself on the grenade absorbing the full and fatal impact of the explosion. By his gallant action and self sacrifice, he prevented the death or injury of the other members of his squad. S/Sgt. Murray's extraordinary courage and gallantry, at the cost of his life above and beyond the call of duty, are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the U.S. Army.

Sources & record notes

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

  1. Robert Charles Murray — 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-002104
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
821add6a8c0540918fc408bed959d154b1427a3367e3eae864c4838a12b981c6

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 Robert C. Murray to Robert Charles Murray; both renderings remain preserved. The current authoritative unit wording is Company B, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 196th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division; the inherited unit Company B, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 23d Infantry 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 Vietnam War; the inherited Not yet classified value remains preserved in the audit record.

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