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  • Eugene A. Obregon
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  • Eugene Arnold Obregon (November 12, 1930 – September 26, 1950) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor — the Medal of Honor — for sacrificing his life to save that of a wounded comrade during the Second Battle of Seoul. On September 26, 1950, Private First Class Obregon was fatally wounded by enemy machine gun fire while using his body to shield a wounded fellow Marine.
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Unit
  • 3
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Number
  • 0
  • 3
serviceyears
  • 1948
Birth Date
  • 1930-11-12
Branch
death place
  • Killed in action in Seoul, Korea
Name
  • Eugene Arnold Obregon
Type
  • award-star
  • service-star
Caption
  • Eugene A. Obregon, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient
Width
  • 106
Ribbon
  • Medal of Honor ribbon.svg
  • Purple Heart BAR.svg
  • KSMRib.svg
  • US Navy Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon.png
  • United Nations Service Medal for Korea ribbon.png
placeofburial label
  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Los Angeles, California
Awards
death date
  • 1950-09-26
Rank
Allegiance
Battles
  • Korean War
  • *Second Battle of Seoul
  • *Battle of Inchon
Alt
  • A light blue ribbon with five white five pointed stars
abstract
  • Eugene Arnold Obregon (November 12, 1930 – September 26, 1950) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor — the Medal of Honor — for sacrificing his life to save that of a wounded comrade during the Second Battle of Seoul. On September 26, 1950, Private First Class Obregon was fatally wounded by enemy machine gun fire while using his body to shield a wounded fellow Marine.