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March 29: Medal of Honor Actions

6 Medal of Honors earned on March 29 between 1865 and 1945.

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National Vietnam War Veterans Day: Honors Vietnam veterans on the anniversary of the day the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam in 1973.

March 29, 1865

Civil War · Appomattox Campaign, Virginia · 5 recipients

CH Charles Higby Private · Army Civil War · 1865

Alfred L. Pearson Colonel · Army Civil War · 1865 JS Joseph E. Sova Saddler · Army Civil War · 1865 ET Edward Parsons Tobie Jr. Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1865 WW William H. Woodall Scout · Army Civil War · 1865

March 29, 1945

World War II · Kirchain, Germany · 1 recipient

Robert H. Dietz Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦