KINER, HAROLD G. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company F, 117th Infantry,
30th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Palenberg, Germany, 2 October
1944. Entered service at: Enid, Okla. Birth: Aline, Okla. G.O. No.: 48,
23 June 1945. With 4 other men, he was leading in a frontal assault 2 October
1944, on a Siegfried Line pillbox near Palenberg, Germany. Machinegun fire
from the strongly defended enemy position 25 yards away pinned down the
attackers. The Germans threw hand grenades, 1 of which dropped between
Pvt. Kiner and 2 other men. With no hesitation, Private Kiner hurled himself
upon the grenade, smothering the explosion. By his gallant action and voluntary
sacrifice of his own life, he saved his 2 comrades from serious injury
or death.
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