"With 4 other men, he was leading in a frontal assault 2 October 1944, on a Siegfried Line
pillbox near Palenberg, Germany. Machine gun 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."
From Pvt. Kiner's Medal of Honor citation, awarded on June 23, 1945.
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