On Nov 5, 1950, Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr, a Native-American of the Ho-Chunk tribe, and the men of Company E, 19th Infantry, 24th ID were positioned on the main ridge of Hill 123 near Chonghyon, North Korea.
That night, Chinese forces made a coordinated attack on the hill and had silently slipped from the rear and killing many on the spot, some of them in their sleep.
Upon noticing the enemy, he gave the alarm, and as he did, a group of Chinese bolted from the brush and dashed toward him.
He sprang up and poured intense, accurate BAR fire into the onrushing troops.
Shot twice in the chest, he fell, but, refusing help, Cloud got back up and kept fighting. He would be shot 6 more times, and with his last ounce of strength, losing consciousness, he ordered a soldier near him, to tie him upright to a tree using a web belt, and then ordered him to withdraw as Cloud continued to kill the enemy at point blank range.
American officers later found a large number of Chinese dead piled up in front of Red Cloud's body.
At the age of 26, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. (Cloud had previously fought with 2nd Raider BN 'Carlson's Raiders' in the Pacific during WWII before joining the Army in Korea)