Sgt. Mitchell W. Stout
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Don.Morfe
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Monument to Vietnam War Medal of Honor Recipient. It is located on the west lawn of the Loudon County Courthouse, Louden TN.
Waymark Code: WMXTND
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2018
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Inscription.
Sgt. Mitchell W. Stout
U.S. Army — Vietnam
Khe Gio Bridge Republic of Vietnam
12 March 1970
Battery C, 1st Battalion
44th Artillery, Vietnam
The President of the United States
in the name of Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the
Medal of Honor
to
Sgt. Mitchell W. Stout
Citation
Sgt. Stout distinguished himself during an attack by a North Vietnamese Army sapper company on his unit’s firing position at Khe Gio Bridge. Sgt. Stout was in a bunker with members of a searchlight crew when the position came under heavy enemy mortar fire and ground attack. When the intensity of the mortar attack subsided, an enemy grenade was thrown into the bunker. Displaying great courage, Sgt. Stout ran to the grenade, picked it up, and started out the bunker. As he reached the door, the grenade exploded. By holding the grenade close to his body and shielding its blast, he protected his fellow soldiers in the bunker from further injury or death.
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