Background
Womack was born and raised in Mill Spring, in Polk County, North Carolina. He was the son of George and Julie Womack and had three brothers and one sister. He grew up working as a farm laborer and picked peaches during the summer.
Womack was born and raised in Mill Spring, in Polk County, North Carolina. He was the son of George and Julie Womack and had three brothers and one sister. He grew up working as a farm laborer and picked peaches during the summer.
He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions on March 12, 1952. Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is named for him. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and riding bicycles.
Womack was drafted into the United States. Army in 1950 and sent to of Korea as a private first class with the Medical Company of the 14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.
During a firefight on March 12, 1952, near Sokso-ri, his unit began taking heavy casualties. Womack exposed himself to enemy fire in order to treat wounded soldiers.
When he was himself wounded, he refused medical treatment and continued to give aid to others He was the last soldier to withdraw from the engagement and died of his injuries soon after.
Aged 20 at his death, Womack was buried at Lebanon Methodist Church in his hometown of Mill Spring.
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