Beauford T. Anderson, a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Army's 381st Infantry, 96th Infantry Division, was born at Eagle, Wisconsin, on July 6th, 1922, entered the service at Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, in October 1942, and during fighting in Okinawa, Japan, displayed conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty. When a powerfully conducted predawn Japanese counterattack struck his unit's flank, he ordered his men to take cover in an old tomb and then, armed only with a carbine, faced the attack alone. After emptying one magazine at pointblank range into the attackers, he seized an enemy mortar dud and threw it back among the charging Japanese, killing several when it burst. He then secured a box of mortar shells, extracted the safety pins, struck the bases on a rock to arm them, and alternately hurled the shells and fired his weapon among the enemy until they withdrew. Bleeding heavily from a severe shrapnel wound, he nevertheless made his way to his company commander to report the action despite the protests of his comrades. His conduct in the face of overwhelming odds accounted for 25 enemy killed and several machine guns and knee mortars destroyed, removing a serious threat to the company's flank. Anderson received the Medal of Honor from President Truman in Washington on Memorial Day 1946 and lived in Rolling Ground at the time of his induction.