Charles G. Abrell

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United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient

United StatesLived 1931 to 1951 · aged 19

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Charles Gene Abrell was a United States Marine Corps corporal who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the UN May-June 1951 counteroffensive in the Korean War.

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Charles Gene Abrell was a United States Marine Corps corporal who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the UN May-June 1951 counteroffensive in the Korean War. After being wounded twice during a single-handed assault against an enemy bunker at Hwacheon, Abrell pulled the pin from a hand grenade and hurled himself into the bunker, killing the enemy gun crew and himself in the explosion.

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deceased

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Lived 1931 to 1951 · aged 19

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