Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company M, 126th Infantry, 32d Infantry Division. Place and date: Leyte, Philippine Islands, 5 December 1944. Entered service at: Liberty, S.C. Birth: Liberty, S.C. G.O. No.: 82, 27 September 1945.
Citation... He displayed gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his
life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in operations
against the enemy. Pfc. McWhorter, a machine gunner, was emplaced in a
defensive position with 1 assistant when the enemy launched a heavy
attack. Manning the gun and opening fire, he killed several members of
an advancing demolition squad, when 1 of the enemy succeeded in throwing
a fused demolition charge in the entrenchment.
McWhorter, William A.
