Mitchell Stout Edit Profile

Career

Stout joined the Army from Raleigh, North Carolina in August 1967. By March 12, 1970 was serving as a Sergeant in Battery C, 1st Battalion, 44th Artillery Regiment. Stout, aged 20 at his death, was buried in Virtue Cemetery, Concord, Tennessee.

Displaying great courage, The gym on main post Fort Bliss is named in his honor.

The I-75 bridge across the Tennessee River at Loudon, Tennessee was named in honor of Stout.

Achievements

Sergeant Stout"s official reads: SGT Stout is the only United States Army Air Defense Artillerymen to earn the Medal of Honor.

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Sergeant Stout was in a bunker with members of a searchlight crew when the position came under heavy enemy mortar fire and ground attack.

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Born

February 24, 1950

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Died

March 12, 1970 (aged 20)
Nationality
United States

Awards

Medal of Honor; Purple Heart Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor citation Sergeant Stout's official Medal of Honor citation reads: Sgt. Stout distinguished himself during an attack by a North Vietnamese Army Sapper company on his unit's firing position at Khe Gio Bridge. Sgt. Stout was in a bunker with members of a searchlight crew when the position came under heavy enemy mortar fire and ground attack. When the intensity of the mortar attack subsided, an enemy grenade was thrown into the bunker. Displaying great courage, Sgt. Stout ran to the grenade, picked it up, and started out of the bunker. As he reached the door, the grenade exploded. By holding the grenade close to his body and shielding its blast, he protected his fellow soldiers in the bunker from further injury or death. Sgt. Stout's conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action, at the cost of his own life, are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great cr upon him, his unit and the U.S. Army.

Medal of Honor citation Sergeant Stout's official Medal of Honor citation reads: Sgt. Stout distinguished himself during an attack by a North Vietnamese Army Sapper company on his unit's firing position at Khe Gio Bridge. Sgt. Stout was in a bunker with members of a searchlight crew when the position came under heavy enemy mortar fire and ground attack. When the intensity of the mortar attack subsided, an enemy grenade was thrown into the bunker. Displaying great courage, Sgt. Stout ran to the grenade, picked it up, and started out of the bunker. As he reached the door, the grenade exploded. By holding the grenade close to his body and shielding its blast, he protected his fellow soldiers in the bunker from further injury or death. Sgt. Stout's conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action, at the cost of his own life, are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great cr upon him, his unit and the U.S. Army.

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Medal of Honor; Purple Heart Medal of Honor