Medal Honor - Vietnam -
SSgt Karl Gorman Taylor
Staff Sergeant Karl Gorman Taylor, Sr. (MCSN: 1862790), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on 8 December 1968, while serving at night as a company gunnery sergeant with Company I, Third Battalion, Twenty-Sixth Marines, THIRD Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, during Operation MEADE RIVER in the Republic of Vietnam.