caption serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date nickname rank image article_title name
medal of honor recipient 1939 - 1951 united states army near kamil-ni , korea 16 february 1951 jenkins , kentucky united states of america company division k , 7th infantry regiment , 3d infantry medal star silver star of honor purple heart soldier 's medal bronze place of burial korean war world war ii 1 june 1918 gus second lieutenant medal of honor u.s.army.jpg darwin k. kyle
 darwin k. kyle
darwin k. kyle

darwin keith kyle -lrb- june 1 , 1918 -- february 16 , 1951 -rrb- a veteran soldier in the united states army in world war ii , darwin kyle earned both a silver star and bronze star for his heroic actions in france and germany .
a master sergeant at the beginning of the korean war , `` gus '' received a battlefield commission and the soldier 's medal during the evacuation of marines from hungnam .
he posthumously received the medal of honor for his actions on february 16 , 1951 .
kyle joined the army from racine , west virginia in november 1939 .
