Stanley R. Christianson

Stanley R. Christianson. 1925 — 1950. , Pfc. Stanley R. Christianson was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic action against enemy forces at Hill 132 at Seoul, Korea, September 29, 1950. While he was manning a listening post in the early morning hours the enemy made an attack. Pfc. Christianson quickly sent another Marine to alert the platoon. He remained in his position with full knowledge that he had slight chance of escape. He fired relentlessly at hostile troops, attacking furiously until he was fatally struck down. His devotion to duty was responsible for repulsion of the attack, accounting for seven dead in the immediate vicinity and a total of 41 enemy destroyed by the platoon. His self-sacrificing action in the face of overwhelming odds sustain and enhance the finest tradition of U. S. Naval Service. Pfc. Christianson was also awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic action in Korea on September 18, 1950. He was one of nine children born to Simon and Inga Christianson on a farm in Wet Coulee near Mindoro, Wisconsin.