1LT White, Edward A. Army
Distinguished Service Cross

First Lieutenant Edward A. White*
U.S. Army

Co. F, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
Date of Action: August 2, 1950

Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to First Lieutenant Edward A. White, Infantry, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, Fifth Cavalry Regiment, First Cavalry Division, near Kumchon, Korea, on August 2, 1950. On that date Lieutenant White was in command of an outpost comprising eleven men when an enemy force of two platoons launched a pre-dawn attack. In the face of overwhelming odds, Lieutenant White calmly withheld the order to fire until the enemy approached within twenty-five yards, then his outpost delivered such devastating fire from small arms and grenades that thirty of the enemy were killed. During this action the outpost expended nearly all of its ammunition and Lieutenant White, although the road was swept for machine-gun fire, drove a jeep to the rear for more ammunition. Obtaining the ammunition, he started back through the concentrated enemy fire. During the return trip Lieutenant White was killed.