Wilburn Kirby Ross of Strunk, Kentucky, a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on October 30, 1944, near St. Jacques, France.
Ross started working in the coal mines at age 18 and soon joined the Army. By October 30, 1944, he was serving as a private in Company G, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.
On October 30, 1944, he manned a machine gun through repeated German assaults, holding off the enemy even after his supporting riflemen had run out of ammunition.
He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on October 20, 1944. Ross re-enlisted after the end of the war and was deployed to fight in Korea. He retired in 1964 as a master sergeant. Ross died in May 2017, three days before his 95th birthday.
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