"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above
and beyond the call of duty while acting as Leader of a Rifle Platoon,
serving with Company I, Third Battalion, First Marines, First Marine Division, in action against Japanese forces on Okinawa Shima in the Ryūkyū Chain,
May 4, 1945. Taken under sudden, close attack by hostile troops
entrenched on the reverse slope while moving up a strategic ridge along
which his platoon was holding newly won positions, Sergeant Kinser
engaged the enemy in a fierce hand grenade
battle. Quick to act when a Japanese grenade landed in the immediate
vicinity, Sergeant Kinser unhesitatingly threw himself on the deadly
missile, absorbing the full charge of the shattering explosion in his
own body and thereby protecting his men from serious injury and possible
death. Stouthearted and indomitable, he had yielded his own chance of
survival that his comrades might live to carry on the relentless battle
against a fanatic enemy. His courage, cool decision and valiant spirit
of self-sacrifice in the face of certain death sustained and enhanced
the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country."
May you be at peace,
Brian & Mel
Kinser Elementary School in Okinawa, Japan.
Memorial in Greeneville, Tennessee.
Kinser Bridge in the city of Tusculum over the Nolichucky River.
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