Rank: Staff Sergeant (rank at presentation: Sergeant First Class; highest rank: Master Sergeant) Conflict/Era: War on Terrorism (Afghanistan) Unit/Command: Company D, 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. Military Service Branch: U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Action Date: May 26, 2008. Medal of Honor Action Place: Paktya Province, Afghanistan. The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, March 3rd, 1863, has posthumously awarded in the name of Congress the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Earl D. Plumlee Walter D. Ehlers, the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor from the Normandy campaign, was laid to rest March 8, 2014, at Riverside National Cemetery, Calif., in a ceremony attended by From left, Army Secretary John M. McHugh applaud during a ceremony to induct Medal of Honor recipient former Army Capt. Emil Kapaun into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va, April Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth presents a photo and citation to retired Army Lt. Col. John D. Lock, accepting on behalf of Medal of Honor recipient Army 1st Lt. Ralph Puckett, Jr., in a Medal of Honor recipient Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta thanks his teammates from Company B, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment and all those in the room that helped shape his Receiving the Medal of Honor -- the nation's highest honor recognizing bravery in combat -- means joining an elite fraternity: there are only 69 living recipients, spanning conflicts from World John Franklin Baker Jr. Details. Rank: Sergeant (rank at time of action: Private First Class) Conflict/Era: Vietnam War. Unit/Command: Company A, 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Military Service Branch: U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Action Date: November 5, 1966. Nc2t.

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