Raymond Harvey Raymond Harvey ( March 1 , 1920 – November 18 , 1996 ) was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army who served during World War II and the Korean War . He received the Medal of Honor for his actions on March 9 , 1951 . Early years and military service . Raymond Harvey was born in Ford City , Pennsylvania and grew up in Sulphur , Oklahoma . Through his mother , Harvey was one - half Chickasaw Indian . He enlisted in the United States Army on August 16 , 1939 . During World War II , he served in the 79th Infantry Division , landing in Normandy , France one week after the D - Day invasion and participating in the division ' s campaigns in northern France and Germany . Harvey was decorated for valor several times , earning the Distinguished Service Cross ( second only to the Medal of Honor ) , two Silver Stars and two Purple Heart s . After World War II ended , Harvey entered the Army ' s Organized Reserve , and returned to active duty in 1948 . He was serving with the 7th Infantry Division in 1950 when the Korean War began , and landed with the division at Inchon , Korea in September 1950 . Shortly after the landing , and before the Chinese counterattack in November 1950 , Harvey took command of the division ' s Company C , 17th Infantry Regiment . Harvey was in command of the company the following March , when it led the attack of 1st Battalion , 17th Infantry Regiment on Hill 1232 near Taemi - Dong , where Harvey would earn the Medal of Honor . Wounded in the battle , Harvey was presented a third Silver Star while in the aid station , for bravery in the fall 1950 campaign after the Inchon landings . On July 5 , 1951 , Harvey was presented the Medal of Honor by President Harry S Truman at a White House ceremony . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Captain , U . S . Army , Company C , 17th Infantry Regiment , 7th Infantry Division Place and date : Vicinity of Taemi - Dong , Korea , March 9 , 1951 Entered service at : Pasadena , Calif . Born : March 1 , 1920 Ford City , Pennsylvania G . O . No . : 67 , August 2 , 1951 Citation : Capt . Harvey Company C , distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action . When his company was pinned down by a barrage of automatic weapons fire from numerous well - entrenched emplacements , imperiling accomplishment of its mission , Capt . Harvey braved a hail of fire and exploding grenades to advance to the first enemy machine gun nest , killing its crew with grenades . Rushing to the edge of the next emplacement , he killed its crew with carbine fire . He then moved the 1st Platoon forward until it was again halted by a curtain of automatic fire from well fortified hostile positions . Disregarding the hail of fire , he personally charged and neutralized a third emplacement . Miraculously escaping death from intense crossfire , Capt . Harvey continued to lead the assault . Spotting an enemy pillbox well camouflaged by logs , he moved close enough to sweep the emplacement with carbine fire and throw grenades through the openings , annihilating its 5 occupants . Though wounded he then turned to order the company forward , and , suffering agonizing pain , he continued to direct the reduction of the remaining hostile positions , refusing evacuation until assured that the mission would be accomplished . Capt . Harvey ' s valorous and intrepid actions served as an inspiration to his company , reflecting the utmost glory upon himself and upholding the heroic traditions of the military service . Later years . Harvey was assigned by the U . S . Army to be military technical adviser to Samuel Fuller for his Korean War film " Fixed Bayonets ! " ( 1951 ) . The two of them struck up a friendship with Harvey also acting as technical advisor on Fuller ' s " Verboten ! " ( 1958 ) and accompanied Fuller and his wife to Europe at the end of the 1950s to scout locations for a projected filming of " The Big Red One " for Warner Bros . that did not eventuate . Harvey remained in the Army after the Korean War and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel before retiring in 1962 . After retirement , he was employed by the Northrup Corporation , then worked as an investment banker , and then served as Director of Indian Affairs for the Arizona Division of Emergency Services . He retired fully after a stroke in 1981 . He died in 1996 at the age of 76 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Arlington County , Virginia .