Seymour W. Terry (December 11, 1918 – May 13, 1945) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. Biography Terry joined the Army from his birth city of Little Rock, Arkansas in June 1942. He was assigned to the 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division. He acted as a platoon leader, munitions officer, motor transport officer, and intelligence staff officer. A year later he was promoted to first lieutenant. In July 1944, Lt. Terry took part in the invasion of Leyte, Philippines. In October 1944, he earned the Bronze Star for rescuing a wounded soldier under mortar fire. On March 6, 1945 Lt. Terry was appointed the executive officer of Company H, 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division. His unit invaded Okinawa on April 1. Five days later Lt. Terry was promoted to company commander. On April 27 he was made commander of Company B. On May 11, 1945, in a fight for "Zebra Hill" during the Battle of Okinawa, Terry repeatedly assaulted the Japanese forces alone, despite heavy enemy fire, and encouraged his fellow soldiers in their attack. He was severely wounded by a Japanese mortar, and died of his injuries two days later. For his actions during the battle, he was promoted to captain and, on March 6, 1946, awarded the Medal of Honor. Terry was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity from the fraternity's first chapter at the University of Arkansas. Terry, aged 26 at his death, was buried at Roselawn Memorial Park in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas. For a photo of Captain Terry and his gravestone, visit his findagrave.com memorial. Medal of Honor citation Captain Terry's official Medal of Honor citation reads: 1st Lt. Terry was leading an attack against heavily defended Zebra Hill when devastating fire from 5 pillboxes halted the advance. He braved the hail of bullets to secure satchel charges and white phosphorus grenades, and then ran 30 yards directly at the enemy with an ignited charge to the first stronghold, demolished it, and moved on to the other pillboxes, bombarding them with his grenades and calmly cutting down their defenders with rifle fire as they attempted to escape. When he had finished this job by sealing the 4 pillboxes with explosives, he had killed 20 Japanese and destroyed 3 machineguns. The advance