Daniel Dwain Schoonover

Corporal Daniel Dwain Schoonover turned an engineer demolition squad into an assault force under enemy fire at Pork Chop Hill, earning the Medal of Honor at nineteen.

Born on 8 October 1933 in Boise, Idaho, Schoonover enlisted in January 1951. He trained in railroad car repair at Fort Eustis, Virginia, and deployed to Pusan with the 765th Transportation railway battalion. He later joined Company A, 13th Engineer Combat Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, where his older brother Patrick served.

During the Second Battle of Pork Chop Hill, 8–10 July 1953, he led a demolition squad attached to an infantry company. When enemy fire prevented its original task, he employed his engineers as riflemen. He captured one bunker and silenced another with grenades and pistol fire. During counterattacks he directed his men and supporting artillery.

After the company was relieved, Schoonover stayed to operate a machine gun and joined a further assault. He was last seen firing an automatic rifle before enemy artillery mortally wounded him on 10 July.

His Medal of Honor was presented posthumously to his mother on 2 December 1954. He also received the Purple Heart. His remains are unaccounted for, and he is commemorated at the Honolulu Memorial in Hawaii.