World War II Honoree

Marcario Garcia

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Sugarland, Texas

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

HE WAS AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR. STAFF SERGEANT, U.S. ARMY, COMPANY B, 22ND INFANTRY, 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION. PLACE AND DATE: NEAR GERMANY, NOVEMBER 27, 1944. ENTERED SERVICE AT: SUGARLAND, TEXAS. CITATION: 'WHILE AN ACTING SQUAD LEADER OF COMPANY B, 22ND INFANTRY ON NOVEMBER 27, 1944 NEAR GERMANY, HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY ASSAULTED 2 ENEMY MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENTS. ATTACKING PREPARED POSITIONS ON A WOODED HILL, WHICH COULD BE APPROACHED ONLY THROUGH MEAGER COVER, HIS COMPANY WAS PINNED DOWN BY INTENSE MACHINE GUN FIRE AND SUBJECTED TO A CONCENTRATED ARTILLERY AND MORTAR BARRAGE. ALTHOUGH PAINFULLY WOUNDED, HE REFUSED TO BE EVACUATED AND ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE CRAWLED FORWARD ALONE UNTIL HE REACHED A POSITION NEAR AN ENEMY EMPLACEMENT. HURLING GRENADES, HE BOLDLY ASSAULTED THE POSITION, DESTROYED THE GUN, AND WITH HIS RIFLE KILLED 3 OF THE ENEMY WHO ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE. WHEN HE REJOINED HIS COMPANY, A SECOND MACHINE GUN OPENED FIRE AND AGAIN THE INTREPID SOLDIER WENT FORWARD, UTTERLY DISREGARDING HIS OWN SAFETY. HE STORMED THE POSITION AND DESTROYED THE GUN, KILLED 3 MORE GERMANS, AND CAPTURED 4 PRISONERS. HE FOUGHT ON WITH HIS UNIT UNTIL THE OBJECTIVE WAS TAKEN AND ONLY THEN DID HE PERMIT HIMSELF TO BE REMOVED FOR MEDICAL CARE. HIS CONSPICUOUS HEROISM, HIS INSPIRING, COURAGEOUS CONDUCT, AND HIS COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS PERSONAL SAFETY WIPED OUT 2 ENEMY EMPLACEMENTS AND ENABLED HIS COMPANY TO ADVANCE AND SECURE ITS OBJECTIVE.'