US Marine Corps Private First Class Bruce Carter Posthumously Receives the Medal of Honor Recipient.

Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, August 7, 1969 Pfc. Carter while serving as grenadier during Operation Idaho Canyon he and his unit came under a heavy volume of fire from a numerically superior hostile force. The lead element soon became separated from the main body of the squad by a brush fire. Pfc. Carter and his fellow marines were pinned down by vicious crossfire when, with complete disregard for his safety, he stood in full view of the North Vietnamese Army soldiers to deliver a devastating volume of fire at their positions.

The accuracy and aggressiveness of his attack caused several enemy casualties and forced the remainder of the soldiers to retreat from the immediate area. Shouting directions to the marines around him, Pfc. Carter then commenced leading them from the path of the rapidly approaching brush fire when he observed a hostile grenade land between him and his companions.

To protect the men following him, he unhesitatingly sacrificed his life by throwing himself on the grenade, absorbing the full effects of its detonation with his body killing him instantly.

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