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Keith L Ware - 3rd Infantry Division - Medal of Honor
 
 

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Keith L. Ware

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KEITH L. WARE (1915-1968)
served with the 3rd Infantry Division at Anzio and earned the Medal of Honor for action on December 26, 1944 in Sigolsheim, France. The medal was presented to Ware in Nuremberg along with four other 3rd Division Medal of Honor recipients on April 22, 1945.

Lieutenant Colonel Ware commanded the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Division's 15th Regiment beginning December 1944. After the war he worked his way to the post of Army Commander of Public Affairs in 1964.

Ware took an active roll in combat during the Viet Nam War distinguishing himself during the 1968 Tet Offensive. Major General Ware was in command of the 1st Infantry Division until his helicopter was hit by heavy fire on Sept. 13, 1968 during operations against an estimated 1,500 North Vietnamese troops during the Battle of Loc Ninh. Ware is the highest ranking officer killed in the Viet Nam War.

The Army recognized Ware's accomplishments in public affairs in 1970 with annual journalism awards. To win a "Keith L. Ware" means reaching the pinnacle of your profession as an Army journalist.

MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION:

Commanding the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry, attacking a strongly held enemy position on a hill near Sigolsheim, France, on 26 December 1944, found that 1 of his assault companies had been stopped and forced to dig in by a concentration of enemy artillery, mortar, and machinegun fire. The company had suffered casualties in attempting to take the hill. Realizing that his men must be inspired to new courage, Lt. Col. Ware went forward 150 yards beyond the most forward elements of his command, and for 2 hours reconnoitered the enemy positions, deliberately drawing fire upon himself which caused the enemy to disclose his dispositions. Returning to his company, he armed himself with an automatic rifle and boldly advanced upon the enemy, followed by 2 officers, 9 enlisted men, and a tank. Approaching an enemy machinegun, Lt. Col. Ware shot 2 German riflemen and fired tracers into the emplacement, indicating its position to his tank, which promptly knocked the gun out of action. Lt. Col. Ware turned his attention to a second machinegun, killing 2 of its supporting riflemen and forcing the others to surrender. The tank destroyed the gun. Having expended the ammunition for the automatic rifle, Lt. Col. Ware took up an M-1 rifle, killed a German rifleman, and fired upon a third machinegun 50 yards away. His tank silenced the gun. Upon his approach to a fourth machinegun, its supporting riflemen surrendered and his tank disposed of the gun. During this action Lt. Col. Ware's small assault group was fully engaged in attacking enemy positions that were not receiving his direct and personal attention. Five of his party of 11 were casualties and Lt. Col. Ware was wounded but refused medical attention until this important hill position was cleared of the enemy and securely occupied by his command.

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