Eugene Arnold Obregon

Eugene Arnold Obregon (12 November 1930 -26 September 1950) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor ? the Medal of Honor ? for sacrificing his life to save that of a wounded comrade during the Battle of Seoul. On 26 September 1950, Private First Class Obregon was fatally wounded by enemy machine gun fire while using his body to shield a wounded fellow Marine.