Daniel D. Schoonover

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Daniel Dwain Schoonover (October 8, 1933 – July 10, 1953) was an enlisted soldier of the United States Army during the Korean War and a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor at the Second Battle of Pork Chop Hill. He was killed in action July 10, 1953 and is memorialized in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii; there is also a cenotaph at Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise, Idaho.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company A, 13th Engineer Combat Battalion, 7th Infantry Division Place and date: Near Sokkogae, Korea, 8 to July 10, 1953 Entered service at: Boise, Idaho. Born: October 8, 1933, Boise, Idaho G.O. No.: 5, January 14, 1955 Citation:

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