PFC. James Anderson JR. - The first black Marine to be awarded the Metal Of Honor
James Anderson Jr. was born on January 22, 1947, in Los Angeles, California. Following high school, he pursued his ambition to become a preacher at a local church while attending Los Angeles Harbor Ju...
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Captain Larry Taylor
Larry Taylor was born in 1942 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and grew up in a family with a strong military tradition. His great-great-grandfather fought in the Civil War, his great-uncle in World War I, ...
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Private First Class Ralph Dias
Ralph Dias, was born on July 15, 1950, in Indiana County Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on October 9, 1967, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. After completing his training, Dias...
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Cpl. Charles Joseph Berry
Charles Joseph Berry was born in Lorain Ohio, on July 10, 1923. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in Cleveland Ohio, on October 1, 1941 when he was 18 years old. During World War 2, he lan...
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Gary Burnell Beikirch
Gary Burnell Beikirch was born on August 29, 1947, in Rochester, New York. Beikirch enlisted in the United States Army on September 21, 1967, as a Green Beret. During his time in the army, Beikirch se...
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Lt. Col. Joe M. Jackson
Joe Maddison Jackson was born on March 14, 1923, in Newnan, Georgia. He was an avid model aircraft enthusiast in his youth. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in March 1941, just a few days after his 1...
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Colonel Paris D. Davis
Paris D. Davis was born on May 13, 1939 in Cleveland Ohio. In 1959, he enlisted in to the Army and graduated from both Airborne and Ranger schools in 1960. In April of 1965, during his second tour in ...
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