Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Alfredo Cantu "Freddy" Gonzalez (May 23, 1946 – February 4, 1968) was a United States Marine Corps Sergeant who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for service in the Battle of Huế during the Vietnam War.
During the Vietnam War and in the following twelve months, 235 Medals of Honor were awarded and since 1978 a further 33 awards have been presented. Of the total of 268 awards, 179 were to the US Army, 15 to the US Navy, 58 to the USMC and 14 to the USAF. [3] These totals do not include the award to the Vietnam Unknown Soldier.
USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) is sixteenth Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Sergeant Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez , a Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War .
Before 1963, the Medal of Honor could be received for actions not involving direct combat with enemy or opposing foreign forces and 193 men earned the medal in this way. [25] Most of these medals were presented to members of the United States Navy for rescuing or attempting to rescue someone from drowning. [ 25 ]
The Defense Department will review the Medals of Honor that were given to 20 U.S. soldiers for their actions in the 1890 battle at Wounded Knee to make sure their conduct merits such an honorable ...
Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez (1946–1968), US Marine Corps sergeant, posthumous Medal of Honor; Alfredo Razon Gonzalez (born 1978), Filipino footballer; Alfredo González Tahuilán (born 1980), Mexican footballer; Alfredo González (baseball) (born 1992), Venezuelan baseball catcher; Alfredo González (sport shooter) (born 1944), Colombian Olympic ...
"That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian. It’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor," Trump continued, referring to the highest military honor bestowed for valor in ...
The 1917 Medal of Honor Board revoked 911 awards, but only 910 names from the Army's Medal of Honor list, [178] including awards to Mary Edwards Walker, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and the first of two awards issued February 10, 1887, to George W. Mindil, who retained his award issued October 25, 1893. None of the 910 impacted recipients ...