Colonel Ralph Puckett, Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War, will lie in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S.
A retired U.S. Army colonel who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Korean War has died at age 97. A ...
President Biden in May 2021 awarded the first Medal of Honor of his presidency to Puckett ... of shrapnel to rescue two wounded soldiers in Vietnam, where Puckett led an airborne infantry battalion.
One of the Army’s most highly decorated servicemen, he received the military’s supreme tribute for valor for actions in the ...
President Biden presented Puckett, Jr. with a Medal of Honor during a White House Ceremony ... was deployed to the Korean War in 1950 and the Vietnam War in 1967. He also received the two highest ...
Sen. Jon Tester, chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said Monday he nominated former U.S. Army Capt. Diane ...
Retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett, who was the last living Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War before his death ...
In honor of Military City, USA getting the event, a first for San Antonio, here’s a primer on the medal and the society that ...
President Joseph Biden Jr. presented Puckett with the Medal of Honor at the White House in ... Puckett was also a veteran of the Vietnam War. He retired as a colonel following a 22-year career.
President Joe Biden, retired U.S. Army Col. Ralph Puckett and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, pose after Puckett's Medal of Honor ceremony ... actions during the Vietnam War, as well as ...