Keith L. Ware - Arlington, VA
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One of hundreds of men buried in Arlington National Cemetery who earned the Medal of Honor.
Waymark Code: WM7J1N
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2009
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Born on November 23, 1915, Major General Keith Lincoln Ware was awarded the Medal of Honor for service in World War II. On December 26, 1944 while commanding the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, in the 3rd Infantry Division on a hill near Sigolsheim, France, Ware's battalion was attacking a heavily fortified German hilltop position. One of his assault companies had been forced to stop while taking on enemy gunfire. Ware advanced past the struggling company's position to do reconnaissance and draw the gunfire from the Germans. After two hours, he returned to the company and brought back a small force in order to renew the attack. Leading the attack, he disabled four machine-gun positions before the hill was secured. Five of the eleven men with him were casualties, and Ware himself was wounded. For his action in this engagement, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in April 1945.
General Ware was the Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Division and was killed on September 13, 1968 as his command helicopter crashed in flames near the Cambodian border during the Vietnam War.
Armed Service: Army
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