Charles ALLEN Tabor
Home Town: Jefferson, Kentucky
Status: KIA
Headquarters, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea: General Orders No. 7 (July 23, 1950) | General Orders No. 7 (July 23, 1950)
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Charles Allen Tabor (RA15380543), Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. Private First Class Tabor distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces near Taepyon-ni, Korea, on 16 July 1950. During an attack by a superior enemy force, the enemy knocked out two of the 60 millimeter mortars by small arms fire. Private First Class Tabor stayed at his position with the one remaining mortar and continued to fire. The base plate of the remaining mortar was destroyed but he held the hot tube in his hands and continued to fire it until all the ammunition was exhausted. During this heroic action he suffered a broken arm.
Headquarters, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea: General Orders No. 7 (July 23, 1950)
