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| Sergeant Norman M Kilbarger |
Class
of 2006
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United States Army
Silver Star |
Citation
Sergeant Norman M Kilbarger, RA45034675,
Artillery, United States Army, a member of Battery B, 15th
Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, distinguished
himself by heroic achievement on 13 February 1951 in the vicinity
of Hoengsong, Korea. When our column was stalled heavy fire
caused the personnel to take cover. After dismounting from
the vehicle, he voluntarily returned to his vehicle and manned
a .50 caliber machine gun mounted on the vehicle, returning
the enemy fire. He made several trips to the vehicle returning
to procure ammunition and spare parts for the weapon. During
all this period he was in an exposed position and drawing
enemy fire. His cool and accurate delivering of return fire
destroyed at least one enemy machine gun and silenced the
fire of several snipers allowing the personnel to remount
and the column to move forward once more. The following night
when the order to abandon vehicles was given, Sergeant Kilbarger
stopped a tank and that was leaving the scene of the action
and placed three wounded men on the back of the vehicle. He
then placed himself over the wounded men in such a manner
that they could not fall off and that he would be hit by any
enemy fire before the wounded men. The act was outstanding
in that all personnel had been ordered to take cover from
the intense fire. He realized that unless the enemy machine
gun and small arms fire were stopped our losses in vehicles
and men would be greater and that our chances of escaping
the trap would be comparatively less. Entered the military
service from Ohio.
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