Juan F. Guerra
Headquarters, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea: General Orders No. 480 (June 30, 1951) | General Orders No. 480 (June 30, 1951)
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Juan F. Guerra, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving with Company F, 2d Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division. Corporal Guerra distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces near Wongo-ri, Korea, on 24 May 1951. Corporal Guerra was a member of an infantry unit that had the mission of breaking up an enemy roadblock. When the advance of one of the platoons of his unit was halted by intense enemy fire, Corporal Guerra single-handedly charged the hostile positions, killing five of the enemy in their foxholes, enabling the platoon to continue its advance and secure the objective. Corporal Guerra then volunteered to lead his squad in an attack on a hostile force that had pinned down another friendly platoon. Leading his squad forward, he remained well in advance of his men, assaulted the enemy positions and, using grenades, destroyed three enemy mortars and one machine-gun.
Headquarters, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea: General Orders No. 480 (June 30, 1951)
