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Charles Gene Abrell Corporal · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ Harold Christ Agerholm Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦ James Allen Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Beauford Theodore Anderson Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 Everett W. Anderson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Nicky Daniel Bacon Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 JB John Franklin Baker Jr. Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 JB Jesse T. Barrick Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Raymond Ovila Beaudoin First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ VB Vito R. Bertoldo Master Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 WB William Perkins Black Captain · Army Civil War · 1862 OB Orville Emil Bloch First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 William James Bordelon Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦ JB James Brogan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 WB William Maud Bryant Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Paul William Bucha Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Francis Xavier Burke First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 AC Anthony Casamento Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1942 CC Charles Cawetzka Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900 Ernest "Chief" Childers Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1943 Clyde Lee Choate Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 RC Robert John Coffey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 FC Felix M. Conde-Falcon Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ William John Crawford Private · Army World War II · 1943 JC John R. Crews Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 Michael Joseph Daly Captain · Army World War II · 1945 Robert H. Dietz Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Carl Henry Dodd First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 David Charles Dolby Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1966 RD Russell Dunham Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 JD John W. Dutko Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Walter David Ehlers Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Michael B. Ellis Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 Richard L. Etchberger Chief Master Sergeant · Air Force Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JF James Fegan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Robert Franklin Foley Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 AF Arthur J. Forrest Sergeant · Army World War I · 1919 AG Archer T. Gammon Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Marcario Garcia Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 LG Louis Gedeon Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900 MG Michael Glynn Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 Peter Grace Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Ross Franklin Gray Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ EG Earl D. Gregory Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 Barney Fushimi Hajiro Private · Army World War II · 1944 RH Richard P. Hanley Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Louis James Hauge Jr. Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Frederick F. Henry First Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Robert T. Henry Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Joe Ronnie Hooper Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 James Howell Howard Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1944 Jack Howard Jacobs First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Douglas Thomas Jacobson Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 James Edmund Johnson Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ Oscar Godfrey Johnson Jr. Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 JK Jonah Edward high Kelley Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ John Doran Kelly Private First Class · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ JK Jonathan C. Kirk Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 JK Jack Llewellyn Knight First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ PL Paul Ronald Lambers Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ML Milo Lemert First Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ Jake William Lindsey Sr. Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Gary Lee Littrell Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 JL Jose Mendoza Lopez Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 Daniel Paul Matthews Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1953 ✦ Larry Leonard Maxam Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ MM Melvin Mayfield Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 Finnis Dawson McCleery Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 VM Vernon McGarity Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ RM Ray McKibben Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JM John Randolph McKinney Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 John J. McVeigh Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JM John William Meagher Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 JM Joseph Frederick Merrell Private · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ HM Harry J. Michael Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ AM Andrew Miller Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ FM Franklin Douglas Miller Staff Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 JM John W. Minick Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Frank Nicias Mitchell First Lieutenant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ Audie Leon Murphy Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 Charles Patrick "Chuck" Murray Jr. First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 WN Wataru Nakamura Private · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ Melvin Earl Newlin Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ BN Beryl Richard Newman First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 Robert Emmett O'Malley Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 Yukio Okutsu Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 John Upshur dennis Page Lieutenant Colonel · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Robert Martin Patterson Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968 Mike C. Pena Master Sergeant · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦ Richard Allen "Butch" Penry Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1970 FP Frank D. Peregory Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Manuel Perez Jr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ GP George J. Peters Private · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ LP Leo J. Powers Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 John Henry Pruitt Corporal · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 ✦ John Henry Pruitt Corporal · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 ✦ George Henry Ramer Second Lieutenant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1951 ✦ William E. Richey Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 PR Paul F. Riordan Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ JR James H. Robinson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Cleto L. Rodriguez Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 Wilburn Kirby Ross Private · Army World War II · 1944 Ronald Eugene Rosser Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 Tibor Rubin Corporal · Army Korean War · 1950 Donald Jack Ruhl Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ Leslie H. Sabo Jr. Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1970 ✦ JS Joseph Edward Schaefer Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 HS Henry Schauer Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 Albert Ernest Schwab Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ George Kenton Sisler First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ JS John Carleton Sjogren Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 Clayton Kirk Slack Private · Army World War I · 1918 TS Thomas Sletteland Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 LS Larry Eugene Smedley Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Tony Stein Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ JS Jerome A. Sudut Second Lieutenant · Army Korean War · 1951 ✦ ET Edward R. Talley Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 CT Charles Augustus Thompson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Max Thompson Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944

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