US Army Major General, World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. He received the award from President Harry S. Truman at the White House on August 23, 1945 for his actions as a lieutenant colonel with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, US Army, on November 20, 1944, at the Battle of Hurtgen Forest near Schevenhutte, Germany. After graduating from Presbyterian Collège at Clinton, South Carolina in 1940, he joined the US Army and participated in the June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. He rose rapidly through the ranks and and on that day, while leading his battalion in the Hurtgen Forest, he personally found a safe route through a minefield and led a group of scouts in the capture of three enemy bunkers, and then established an advantageous defensive position. Following the war, he served as commander of the 31st Infantry Regiment in South Korea, followed by ten years serving with US forces in the Panama Canal Zone, where he played a significant role in establishing the US Army Jungle Warfare Training Center. He retired from the US Army in August 1975 at the rank of major general, with 35 years of continuous military service. His other military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross, the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit (with two oak leaf clusters), the the Bronze Star (with 'V' device), and the Purple Heart, among others. He died of prostate cancer at the age of 72. His Medal of Honor citation reads: "He was commanding the 2d Battalion, 8th Infantry, in an attack through the Hurtgen Forest near Schevenhutte, Germany, on 20 November 1944. During the early phases of the assault, the leading elements of his battalion were halted by a minefield and immobilized by heavy hostile fire. Advancing alone into the mined area, Col. Mabry established a safe route of passage. He then moved ahead of the foremost scouts, personally leading the attack, until confronted by a booby-trapped double concertina obstacle. With the assistance of the scouts, he disconnected the explosives and cut a path through the wire. Upon moving through the opening, he observed three enemy in foxholes whom he captured at bayonet point. Driving steadily forward he paced the assault against three log bunkers which housed mutually supported automatic weapons. Racing up a slope ahead of his men, he found the initial bunker deserted, then pushed on to a second where he was suddenly confronted by nine onrushing enemy. Using the butt of his rifle, he felled one adversary and bayoneted a second, before his scouts came to his aid and assisted him in overcoming the others in hand-to-hand combat. Accompanied by the riflemen, he charged the third bunker under point-blank small-arms fire and led the way into the fortification from which he prodded six enemy at bayonet point. Following the consolidation of this area, he led his battalion across 300 yards of fire-swept terrain to seize elevated ground upon which he established a defensive position which menaced the enemy on both flanks, and provided his regiment a firm foothold on the approach to the Cologne Plain. Col. Mabry's superlative courage, daring, and leadership in an operation of major importance exemplify the finest characteristics of the military service."