Specialist Four. Unit. 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. Battles/wars. Vietnam War. Awards. Medal of Honor. Silver Star. Raymond Richard Wright (December 5, 1945 – September 24, 1999) was a United States Army soldier from New York and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor —for his
The Last Full Measure: Directed by Todd Robinson. With Sebastian Stan, Alison Sudol, Asher Miles Fallica, LisaGay Hamilton. Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. "Pits" Pitsenbarger is awarded the nation's highest military honor for his actions on the battlefield.
President Biden will award the Medal of Honor to Colonel Paris D. Davis, United States Army, Retired, for conspicuous gallantry in Vietnam in 1965. Davis rescued two fellow Americans from enemy fire and engaged the enemy until the end of the battle.
Donald K. Ross. Donald Kirby Ross (December 8, 1910 – May 27, 1992) was an officer of the United States Navy who received the first Medal of Honor of World War II. This award was made for his actions during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
FILE - People stand to honor Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi Miyamura, center, during a Veterans Day ceremony at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial in Albuquerque, N.M., on Nov. 11, 2014.
By Chad Stewart. He had to wait 52 years, but Vernon Baker finally got what he deserved. When President Bill Clinton clasped the Medal of Honor around Baker’s neck in the East Room of the White House on January 13, 1997, a lone tear rolling down the recipient’s cheek punctuated a distinguished Army career.
qIsG. When President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor on Tuesday to the late Sgt. Henry Johnson, a World War I hero, it was accepted by the senior enlisted soldier in the New York National Guard on
FILE - People stand to honor Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi Miyamura, center, during a Veterans Day ceremony at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial in Albuquerque, N.M., on Nov. 11, 2014.
Medal of Honor recipients Thomas Norris, Bob Kerrey, and Thomas Kelley at a Medal of Honor Flag ceremony in Washington, DC, October 23, 2007. US Navy/MCS1 Brien Aho
15 Aug 1866 – 28 Mar 1947. US Navy Peacetime Medal of Honor Recipient. He Fairview Memorial Park and Mausoleum. Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA. Plot info: Section E, block 38, plot 25. Advertisement. This is a work in progress. This list includes MOH Recipients born, lived, died, interred in, as well as those who entered the
Cafferata was born on Nov. 4, 1929, in New York City. His father, Hector Sr., was a Peruvian immigrant who ran a paper mill. The family eventually moved to the area of Montville, New Jersey, where
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