Alfred V. Rascon: Medal of Honor, 34 Years Later

Abstract

Specialist Four Alfred V. Rascon earned the Medal of Honor March 16, 1966 while serving as a Combat Medic during a battle in Vietnam, Warzone Delta, north of Saigon. Pour record keeping and failure to forward paper work resulted in Rascon not receiving the Medal of Honor until February 8, 2000. President William Jefferson Clinton awarded him the Medal of Honor thirty-four years after his act of heroism.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 2005
Accession Number
AD1130084

Entities

People

  • Timothy Gorske

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Ammunition
  • Army
  • Grenades
  • Guns
  • Hand Grenades
  • Machine Guns
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Training
  • Penetrating Wounds
  • Personnel Management
  • Small Arms
  • South Vietnam
  • Special Forces
  • Specialists
  • Training
  • United States
  • Vietnam
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.