World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. He was issued the award posthumously on October 4, 1944 for his actions as a 2nd lieutenant with the 339th Infantry Regiment, 85th Infantry Division, US Army, on May 11-14, 1944, during the Battle of Monte Crassino, near Tremensucli, Italy. He joined the US Army in January 1941, and the following year he attended Officers Candidate School, and graduated as a 2nd lieutenant. He was sent with his unit to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations where he served in North Africa and Italy. On that day, during an attack on a hill, he single-handedly captured six enemy bunkers and three days later, as the battle for the hill continued, he captured two more enemy emplacements. He was subsequently killed in action the following week and posthumously promoted to the rank of 1st lieutenant. He was also issued the Purple Heart. His Medal of Honor citation reads: "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy. In the course of an attack upon an enemy-held hill on 11 May, 1st Lt. Waugh personally reconnoitered a heavily mined area before entering it with his platoon. Directing his men to deliver fire on 6 bunkers guarding this hill, 1st Lt. Waugh advanced alone against them, reached the first bunker, threw phosphorus grenades into it and as the defenders emerged, killed them with a burst from his tommygun. He repeated this process on the 5 remaining bunkers, killing or capturing the occupants. On the morning of 14 May, 1st Lt. Waugh ordered his platoon to lay a base of fire on 2 enemy pillboxes located on a knoll which commanded the only trail up the hill. He then ran to the first pillbox, threw several grenades into it, drove the defenders into the open, and killed them. The second pillbox was next taken by this intrepid officer by similar methods. The fearless actions of 1st Lt. Waugh broke the Gustav Line at that point, neutralizing 6 bunkers and 2 pillboxes and he was personally responsible for the death of 30 of the enemy and the capture of 25 others. He was later killed in action in Itri, Italy, while leading his platoon in an attack."