April 16 George Alan Ingalls' Leadership
Medal of Honor In Vietnam
George Alan Ingalls earned the Medal of Honor posthumously on this day in Vietnam when he smothered enemy grenades with his body. Honor and remember him!
Ingalls was a Specialist Four in the 1st Cavalry Division when Viet Cong troops threw grenades to his squad as it lay in wait for a night ambush. Ingalls could have saved himself, but he dove on the grenade instead.
Read his Medal of Honor citation:
