Bernard Oliver Scott was born on Aug. 17, 1917, the second of six children, in Richmond’s Church Hill neighborhood, a…
Joseph B. Avilés Sr. was born on Feb. 3, 1897, in Puerto Rico, when the island was still a Spanish…
Kermit Beahan was born Aug. 9, 1918, in Joplin, Mo.. He played football for Rice University before enlisting in the…
Edgar York was born in Davenport, Iowa, to Robert and Vera York on Nov. 8, 1919. After high school, in…
William Thompson was born in New York City in August 1927. He joined the Army in 1945 and served two…
Ralph Rodriguez Jr. was born on Oct. 25, 1917, in Bernalillo, N.M. After joining the Army as a medic, he…
When you’re in charge during battle, you do whatever you can to keep your comrades safe. Marine Corps Sgt. Lawrence…
John N. Reese, Jr., of the Choctaw tribe, was born in Oklahoma in 1923. He enlisted in the U.S. Army…
Ryan “Andy” Bressler was born in Harrisburg, Penn., in 1928. He attended the University of Connecticut and joined the ROTC…
Thomas Daniel Saunders was a Northern Cheyenne Indian born in Medicine Bow, Wyo., on April 28, 1892. At the outset…
Paul Jasper Turner was born in Nebraska on March 3, 1913, the son of Peter James and Eva Belle Corbin…
Charles Under Baggage, Jr., of the Oglala Sioux Indian tribe in South Dakota, was born on April 16, 1923. He…
Richenda A. Hoffman was born April 11, 1908, in Dunkirk, N.Y. She was the third of four daughters born…