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| rdfs:comment | - Charles Richard Long (December 10, 1923 – February 12, 1951) was a United States Army soldier who received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War. A native of Independence, Missouri, Long joined the Army after high school and served in Europe during World War II. Recalled to active duty for the Korean War, he served as a sergeant and forward observer for a mortar platoon. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his conduct during an assault by a numerically superior force on February 12, 1951, when he voluntarily remained at his forward post and continued to direct mortar fire until being overrun and killed.
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| placeofburial | - Mount Washington Forever Cemetery, Independence, Missouri
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| abstract | - Charles Richard Long (December 10, 1923 – February 12, 1951) was a United States Army soldier who received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War. A native of Independence, Missouri, Long joined the Army after high school and served in Europe during World War II. Recalled to active duty for the Korean War, he served as a sergeant and forward observer for a mortar platoon. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his conduct during an assault by a numerically superior force on February 12, 1951, when he voluntarily remained at his forward post and continued to direct mortar fire until being overrun and killed.
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