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Ralph Puckett Jr. (December 8, 1926 – April 8, 2024) was a United States Army officer. He led the Eighth Army Ranger Company during the Korean War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions on November 25, 1950, when his company of 51 Rangers was attacked by several hundred Chinese soldiers at the battle for Hill 205.
O.J. Simpson, Quincy Jones, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr. and Faith Ringgold were among the many influential and noteworthy people who died in 2024. It was a murder ...
Ralph Puckett Jr., a retired Army colonel awarded the Medal of Honor seven decades after he was wounded leading a company of outnumbered Army Rangers in battle during the Korean War, has died at ...
Ralph Puckett, 97, American Army officer, Medal of Honor recipient. [195] Victor Riley, 49, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, Houston Texans). [196] Christiane Scrivener, 98, French politician, MEP (1979–1989). [197] Ilie Șerbănescu, 81, Romanian economist. [198] Lubert Stryer, 86, American academic. [199]
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Retired Col. Ralph Puckett Jr. entered the ceremony in a wheelchair, but he stood on his own for the reading of his citation and to receive the award.
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