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1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
MEDAL OF HONOR
Macario Garcia
Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
Staff Sgt.
Marcario Garcia came from the humblest of beginnings. But in his time with the Army,
he provided several moments of grandeur.
Garcia, who was also known as Macario, has a place in history as the first Mexican immigrant to be awarded the nation’s
highest award for valor.
He was bestowed with the Medal of Honor for his actions on Nov. 27, 1944, in Germany during World War II.
While an acting squad leader of B Company, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, then-Pvt.
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Garcia and his platoon were
pinned down by machine-gun fire near Grosshau, according to the award citation. Though he was seriously wounded, Garcia
refused to retreat and instead crawled forward alone until he reached a position near an enemy machine-gun nest.
Garcia hurled
grenades and charged the nest, eliminating three enemy figh