George M. Wright

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to George M. Wright (0-1688695), First Lieutenant (Corps of Engineers), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving as a Platoon Leader with Company B, 65th Engineer Combat Battalion, 25th Infantry Division. First Lieutenant Wright distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces at Taeson-Myon, Korea, on 14 September 1950. Lieutenant Wright was leading his platoon in an attack against a strongly defended enemy position. One platoon had already lost all its non-commissioned officers and officers, either killed or wounded, and Lieutenant Wright assumed leadership over the group and placed them in his platoon. Although seriously wounded in the leg, he continued to lead the men forward in the face of heavy enemy fire, destroying machine- gun position with a grenade and shouting words of encouragement to the men under his control. By his courage and devotion to duty, he so inspired his men that they continued and captured the final objective from the enemy after he himself had been mortally wounded while trying to throw another grenade.
Headquarters, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea: General Orders No. 54 (February 6, 1951)