caption serviceyears branch death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date rank article_title name
james phillip connor 1941 - 1945 united states army 27 july 1994 wilmington , delaware united states of america 7th infantry regiment , 3rd infantry division medal of honor place of burial world war ii 12 january 1919 sergeant james phillip connor
 james phillip connor
james phillip connor

james phillip connor -lrb- january 12 , 1919 -- july 27 , 1994 -rrb- was a sergeant in the united states army who received the medal of honor after leading a platoon of 36 men attached to the 7th infantry regiment , 3rd infantry division against german positions , defended by snipers and machine gun nests , at cape cavalaire , france on august 15 , 1944 .
seriously wounded in the course of the assault , the third suffered while on active duty , he continued to fight alongside his men until his injuries forced him to stand down -lrb- although he continued to direct the assault -rrb- .
although losing one-third of his platoon , connor 's men were successfully able to outflank the enemy killing seven german soldiers and capturing forty more as well as taking a considerable amount of supplies including three machine guns .
connor joined the army from his birth city of wilmington , delaware in january 1941 .
he was discharged in 1945 .
