Edward G. Rector
Home Town: Van Buren, Michigan
Status: POW
Headquarters, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea: General Orders No. 89 (October 1, 1950) | General Orders No. 89 (October 1, 1950)
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Edward G. Rector (RA16263945), Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Heavy Mortar Company, 5th Cavalry Regiment (Infantry), 1st Cavalry Division. Corporal Rector distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces near Kumchon, Korea, on 2 August 1950. When his 4.2 mortar platoon was threatened by a machine-gun supported enemy force numbering about twenty-five, Sergeant Rector attacked the force alone. To reach the enemy, he charged fifty yards uphill in the face of intense fire from the enemy machine-gun. Arriving at the enemy position, he destroyed the machine-gun crew and inflicted heavy casualties upon the other enemy soldiers in the area, forcing the survivors to withdraw. He continued his harassing attack until his ammunition was exhausted.
Headquarters, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea: General Orders No. 89 (October 1, 1950)
