branch death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank article_title name
united states army 8 march 1988 baraboo , wisconsin united states of america 2nd division battalion , 133rd infantry regiment , 34th infantry medal of honor place of burial world war ii 2 november 1911 remlick , virginia captain beryl newman
 beryl r. newman
beryl newman

beryl richard newman -lrb- november 2 , 1911 -- march 8 , 1998 -rrb- was a recipient of the medal of honor for his actions during world war ii as a first lieutenant in the united states army .
he was a native of baraboo , wisconsin .
during world war ii , he served with company f , 133rd infantry regiment , 34th infantry division .
near cisterna , italy on may 26 , 1944 , newman and his platoon approached a german machine gun emplacement on the anzio-nettuno defense line .
newman , scouting ahead of his platoon , remained standing under enemy fire to ascertain the positions of the emplacements .
noting them , he proceeded to lead a machine gun unit from his platoon to a position from which they could open fire on the germans .
however , the fire was ineffective .
newman then single-handedly advanced on the two machine gun nests , wounding two germans and causing the other two to flee .
three more germans came rushing forward to another nest , but newman killed two of them ; the third fled .
newman and his platoon took eleven prisoners ; newman himself had destroyed three enemy machine gun emplacements .
he was awarded the medal of honor by general order # 5 on january 15 , 1945 .
he retired from the service with the rank of captain .
he is buried in remlick , virginia .
he is one of 61 wisconsinites to be awarded the medal of honor , and one of twenty members of the 34th infantry division to be so honored .
newman 's official medal of honor citation reads : for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty on 26 may 1944 .
attacking the strongly held german anzio-nettuno defense line near cisterna , italy , 1st lt. newman , in the lead of his platoon , was suddenly fired upon by 2 enemy machineguns located on the crest of a hill about 100 yards to his front .
the 4 scouts with him immediately hit the ground , but 1st lt. newman remained standing in order to see the enemy positions and his platoon then about 100 yards behind .
locating the enemy nests , 1st lt. newman called back to his platoon and ordered 1 squad to advance to him and the other to flank the enemy to the right .
then , still standing upright in the face of the enemy machinegun fire , 1st lt. newman opened up with his tommygun on the enemy nests .
from this range , his fire was not effective in covering the advance of his squads , and 1 squad was pinned down by the enemy fire .
seeing that his squad was unable to advance , 1st lt. newman , in full view of the enemy gunners and in the face of their continuous fire , advanced alone on the enemy nests .
he returned their fire with his tommygun and succeeded in wounding a german in each of the nests .
the remaining 2 germans fled from the position into a nearby house .
three more enemy soldiers then came out of the house and ran toward a third machinegun .
1st lt. newman , still relentlessly advancing toward them , killed 1 before he reached the gun , the second before he could fire it .
the third fled for his life back into the house .
covering his assault by firing into the doors and windows of the house , 1st lt. newman , boldly attacking by himself , called for the occupants to surrender to him .
gaining the house , he kicked in the door and went inside .
although armed with rifles and machine pistols , the 11 germans there , apparently intimidated , surrendered to the lieutenant without further resistance , 1st lt. newman , single-handed , had silenced 3 enemy machineguns , wounded 2 germans , killed 2 more , and took 11 prisoners .
this demonstration of sheer courage , bravery , and willingness to close with the enemy even in the face of such heavy odds , instilled into these green troops the confidence of veterans and reflects the highest traditions of the u.s. armed forces .
