*STOUT, MITCHELL W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S.
Army, Battery C, 1st Battalion, 44th Artillery. Place and Date: Khe Gio Bridge,
Republic of Vietnam, 12 March 1970. Entered service at: Raleigh, N.C. Born:
24 February 1950, Knoxville, Tenn.
Citation:
Sgt. Stout distinguished himself during an attack by a North Vietnamese Army Sapper
company on his unit's firing position at Khe Gio Bridge. Sgt. Stout was in a bunker with
members of a searchlight crew when the position came under heavy enemy mortar fire and
ground attack. When the intensity of the mortar attack subsided, an enemy grenade was
thrown into the bunker. Displaying great courage, Sgt. Stout ran to the grenade, picked it
up, and started out of the bunker. As he reached the door, the grenade exploded. By
holding the grenade close to his body and shielding its blast, he protected his fellow
soldiers in the bunker from further injury or death. Sgt. Stout's conspicuous gallantry
and intrepidity in action, at the cost of his own life, are in keeping with the highest
traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon him, his unit and the
U.S. Army.
