He had been flown from Vietnam to Oahu and was in a coma. Oliveira never got his Purple Heart medal or a ceremony; he was busy getting irrigation and blood transfusions in the hospital.
Pete Celentano of Jackson and Michael Vaccaro of Middletown braved danger and earned medals in Vietnam, but lost paperwork ...
According to the federal government, an estimated 300,000 Vietnam veterans have died from the dangers of Agent Orange. The ...
Jerry Deible of Murrysville can remember standing on the ground at a Vietnam firebase in the early 1970s, staring up at a ...
Friends and family of a Vietnam veteran symbolically honored him with a Purple Heart medal he never received 55 years ago while recovering in Japan. Many know Lester F. Wray III as “Ripper” Wray or ...
A Vietnam combat veteran who served three tours was given a final salute after lunge disease from Agent Orange took his life at age 78. FOX 10's Kenzie Beach has more.
Both men earned medals for their service in the Vietnam War, but never received ... His injuries in combat made him eligible to receive a Purple Heart medal. He never got it.