charles r johnson united states army for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty . pfc. charles r johnson distinguished himself beyond the call of duty while defending all post harry against overwhelming odds and making the ultimate sacrifice to save the lives of his comrades in the republic of korea during theperiod of june 11, 1953 to june 12, 1953 . private johnson was serving as a browning automatic rifleman with company b 15th infantry on regiment third infantry division . chinese forces attacked his unit during a massive nighttime assault . during the bow overwhelming numbers of chinese troops ps assaulted the trenches tand bunkers defended by pfc. johnson and his squad . pfc. johnson wounded from a direct artillery hit on his mother and subsequently from a hand grenade road inside the ball got a personal disregard for his injuries administered first aid to those more seriously injured . understanding the seriousness of the situation and being under direct fire pfc. johnson personally dragged a wounded soldier to the safety

, has posthumously awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to private first class charles r johnson states army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. private first class charles r johnson distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity beyond the call of duty while defending outpost harry against overwhelming odds and making the ultimate sacrifice to save the lives of his comrades in the republic of korea. during the period of june 11th, 1953, to june 12th, 1953. private first class johnson was serving as a browning automatic rifleman with company b, 15th infantry regiment, third infantry division. chinese forces attacked his unit during a massive nighttime assault. during the ensuing battle, overwhelming numbers of chinese troops assaulted the trenches and bunkers defended by private first class johnson and his squad. private first class johnson, wounded from a direct artillery hit on his bunker and subsequently from a hand grenade thrown inside the bunker at the personal disregard for his injuries, admi

charles johnson. attention to order -- the president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress march 3rd, 1863 has awarded in the name of congress medal of honor to charles rson united states army for conspicuous at the risk of his life above and beyond call of duty. private first class charles johnson had gallantry beyond call of duty while defending outpost against overwhelming odds and making the ultimate sacrifice to save the lives of comrades in the republic of korea during the period of june 11th, 1953 to june 12th. private first class johnson serving as browning amendment rifle man with infantry third division. chinese forces attacked his unit during a massive night time assault. during the ensuing if battle, overwhelming numbers of chinese troops assaulted the trenches and bunkers defended by first class johnson and his squad private firsts class johnson wounded from a direct artillery hit on his bunker swengtly from a hand grenade thrown in the bunker at the personal disregard for injuries administered first aid to those most seriously injured understands seriousness of the situation and being under direct fire from the enemy first class johnsonn