Junior Dean Edwards born in Indianola Iowa (1926 1951) was a soldier in the United States Army during the Korean War and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions on January 2 1951. Citation: Sfc. Edwards Company E distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. When his platoon while assisting in the defense of a strategic hill was forced out of its position and came under vicious raking fire from an enemy machine gun set up on adjacent high ground Sfc. Edwards individually charged the hostile emplacement throwing grenades as he advanced. The enemy withdrew but returned to deliver devastating fire when he had expended his ammunition. Securing a fresh supply of grenades he again charged the emplacement neutralized the weapon and killed the crew but was forced back by hostile small-arms fire.
