Hector A. Cafferata, Jr.

Hector Albert Cafferata, Jr., USMCR was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. In November 1950, Private First Class Cafferata singlehandedly held off a regimentalstrength enemy and saved wounded Marines by hurling away a live grenade that had landed in their midst, at the cost of serious personal injury.

Hector Cafferata was born November 4, 1929, in New York City to Mr. and Mrs. Hector A. Cafferata, Sr. of Montville, New Jersey. He attended elementary school at ParsippanyTroy Hills, New Jersey and high school at Boonton, New Jersey. Starting as a sophomore in high school, he played football for three years, and following graduation, he continued as a semipro. In 1943, he was employed for the Sun Dial Corporation of Caldwell, New Jersey.

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