Clifton T. Speicher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Clifton T. Speicher

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1931

Place of Birth: Gray, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 14-Jun-1952

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac 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 Minarigol, 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.