 Recalled to active duty for the Korean War, he served as a sergeant and forward observer for a mortar platoon.He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his conduct during the Battle of Hoengsong when assaulted by a numerically superior force on February 12, 1951, he voluntarily remained at his forward post and continued to direct mortar fire until being overrun and killed.Long was born on December 10, 1923, in Kansas City, Missouri, the middle child of Lois and Fritz Long.