Leroy Petry. Leroy Arthur Petry (born July 29, 1979) is a retired United States Army soldier. He received the U.S. military 's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Afghanistan in 2008 during Operation Enduring Freedom . Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Petry had an active youth, and joined the Army after high school. Jack Lucas after receiving the Medal of Honor on October 5, 1945. Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Incredibly, Lucas survived several other traumatic events after the war that rivaled his exploits as a Marine. After Lucas tried his hand at business for a time, he joined the Army in 1961 and trained as a paratrooper. Born: September 16, 1937, Spokane, Spokane County, WA, United States. Died: July 12, 1965, Republic of Vietnam. Buried: Greenwood Cemetery (MH) (7-346), Kellogg, ID, United States. U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant Frank Stanley Reasoner was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during the Vietnam War. Douglas Albert Munro. Douglas Albert Munro (October 11, 1919 – September 27, 1942) was a United States Coast Guardsman who was posthumously decorated with the Medal of Honor for an act of "extraordinary heroism" during World War II. He is the only person to have received the medal for actions performed during service in the Coast Guard. The medal is awarded by the President of the United States on behalf of the Congress. Of the 3,469 Medals of Honor awarded as of 2010, 29 have been awarded to Native Americans. The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed May 11, 2022 Army’s first Advocacy Center opens on Fort Belvoir; May 4, 2022 MIA-Medal of Honor recipient and WWII Army pilot laid to rest; April 12, 2022 U.S. Army STAND-TO! The first medal of the war was presented to Roger H. C. Donlon for rescuing and administering first aid to several wounded soldiers and for leading a group against an enemy force. The first African American recipient during the war was Milton L. Olive, III, who sacrificed himself to save others by smothering a grenade with his body. Rank: Private First Class (Highest Rank: Corporal) Conflict/Era: World War II; Unit/Command: 307th Infantry, Medical Detachment, 77th Infantry Division; Military Service Branch: U.S. Army; Medal of Honor Action Date: April 29 - May 21, 1945; Medal of Honor Action Place: Urasoe-Mura, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands FD5HT6.

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