Donald Ronald Lobaugh of Freeport, Pennsylvania, a Private in the U.S. Army, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on July 22, 1944, near Afua, New Guinea.
Lobaugh joined the Army in May 1942 and began serving as a private in the 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, by July 22, 1944.
On that day, near Afua, New Guinea, he single-handedly attacked an enemy machine gun placement, pinning down one platoon of his company and was killed in the attack. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on April 17, 1945, for his action on this day.
In 2004, Lobaugh was inducted into the Hall of Valor at the Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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