David B. Bleak

David Bruce Bleak was a soldier of the United States Army during the Korean War. Bleak rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant and was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration of the United States, for his actions near Minarigol, South Korea, onJune 1952.

David Bruce Bleak was born onFebruary 1932 to William Bleak and Tamar Bleak in Idaho Falls, Idaho, a remote farming community. The seventh of nine children, he dropped out of high school and worked for a time as a farmer and a rancher and also for railroads, but he grew dissatisfied with life in Idaho. He eventually decided to enlist in the US Army, hoping to see the world. Bleak grew to a height of 6.5 feet tall and weighed 250 pounds . He was described as humble and quiet throughout his life.

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