Clifton T. Speicher
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 21 years 81 days (254 months)Star Sign: Aries
Clifton T.Speicher (March 25, 1931 – June 14, 1952) was a United States Army soldier in the Korean War who posthumously received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Born on March 25, 1931, in Gray, Pennsylvania, Speicher joined the Army from that city in 1951.By June 14, 1952, he was serving in Korea as a corporal in Company F of the 223rd Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division.
On that day, during an attack against a hostile position near , his squad came under intense small-arms, mortar, and machine gun fire.
Although wounded, Speicher charged the machine gun nest and killed the occupants with his rifle and bayonet.He was wounded again during his approach and died shortly after silencing the emplacement.
For these actions, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor a year later, on August 19, 1953.Aged 21 at his death, Speicher was buried at Beam German Reformed Church Cemetery in Jennerstown, Pennsylvania.
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