Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Irsley Poynter (December 1, 1916 November 4, 1950) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his action on November 4, 1950, in which he was killed while he singlehandedly eliminated three enemy machine gun crews. He was the eleventh Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Korea.Poynter was a Marine veteran of World War II and father of six children. He reenlisted in the Marine Corps at the outbreak of the Korean War.