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Posted by Maynard @ 12:05 PM MST
Grenade Jumpers
When I said yesterday that "plenty of precedent" existed for recommending Sgt. Peralta for a Medal of Honor, I wasn't kidding. By searching the Center for Mililtary History site for the word "grenade", I found the following list of troops who did just that.
141 men, all who jumped on grenades in order to save their comrades. Peralta and Dunham are in good company.
Second Nicaraguan Campaign
TRUESDELL, DONALD LEROY (Name officially changed to Truesdale)
World War 2
ANDERSON, RICHARD BEATTY
BAUSELL, LEWIS KENNETH
BERRY, CHARLES JOSEPH
BOYCE, GEORGE W. G., JR.
BURR, ELMER J.
BUSH, RICHARD EARL
CADDY, WILLIAM ROBERT
COOLEY, RAYMOND H.
DAMATO, ANTHONY PETER
EPPERSON, HAROLD GLENN
FARDY, JOHN PETER
FOSTER, WILLIAM ADELBERT
GONSALVES, HAROLD
GURKE, HENRY
HARR, HARRY R.
JOHNSON, LEROY
KINER, HAROLD G.
KINSER, ELBERT LUTHER
KRAUS, RICHARD EDWARD
KROTIAK, ANTHONY L.
LA BELLE, JAMES DENNIS
LUCAS, JACKLYN HAROLD
MANN, JOE E.
MAXWELL, ROBERT D.
McWHORTER, WILLIAM A.
MULLER, JOSEPH E.
MUNEMORI, SADAO S.
NEW, JOHN DURY
OZBOURN, JOSEPH WILLIAM
PHELPS, WESLEY
PHILLIPS, GEORGE
ROAN, CHARLES HOWARD
ROUH, CARLTON ROBERT
RUHL, DONALD JACK
SORENSON, RICHARD KEITH
THOMAS, HERBERT JOSEPH
THORSON, JOHN F.
TIMMERMAN, GRANT FREDERICK
VIALE, ROBERT M.
WALSH, WILLIAM GARY
WETZEL, WALTER C.
WILSON, ROBERT LEE
Korea
ABRELL, CHARLES G.
BAUGH, WILLIAM B.
BENFOLD, EDWARD C.
BLEAK, DAVID B.
CAFFERATA, HECTOR A., JR.
CHAMPAGNE, DAVID B.
CHARETTE, WILLIAM R.
COLLIER, JOHN W.
CRAIG, GORDON M.
CRUMP, JERRY K.
DAVENPORT, JACK A.
DEWEY, DUANE E.
GARCIA, FERNANDO LUIS
GEORGE, CHARLES
GOMEZ, EDWARD
GOODBLOOD, CLAIR
JECELIN, WILLIAM R.
KANELL, BILLIE G. (TWICE!)
KELSO, JACK WILLIAM
KENNEMORE, ROBERT S.
LITTLETON, HERBERT A.
LOPEZ, BALDOMERO
MORELAND, WHITT L.
MOYER, DONALD R.
PITTMAN, JOHN A.
REEM, ROBERT DALE
SIMANEK, ROBERT E.
SITMAN, WILLIAM S.
SKINNER, SHERROD E., JR.
SMITH, DAVID M.
WATKINS, LEWIS G.
Vietnam
ANDERSON, JAMES, JR.
ANDERSON, RICHARD A.
AUSTIN, OSCAR P.
BACA, JOHN P.
BALLARD, DONALD E.
BARKER, JEDH COLBY
BARNES, JOHN ANDREW III
BELCHER, TED
BELLRICHARD, LESLIE ALLEN
BLANCHFIELD, MICHAEL R.
BOWEN, HAMMETT L., JR.
CARTER, BRUCE W.
CONNOR, PETER S.
CREEK, THOMAS E.
DAHL, LARRY G.
DAVIS, RODNEY MAXWELL
DE LA GARZA, EMILIO A., JR.
DICKEY, DOUGLAS E.
DOANE, STEPHEN HOLDEN
FERNANDEZ, DANIEL
FLEEK, CHARLES CLINTON
FOLLAND, MICHAEL FLEMING
FOSTER, PAUL HELLSTROM
FOUS, JAMES W.
FRATELLENICO, FRANK R.
GUENETTE, PETER M.
HARVEY, CARMEL BERNON, JR.
HERDA, FRANK A.
HOSKING, CHARLES ERNEST, JR.
HOWE, JAMES D.
INGALLS, GEORGE ALAN
JENKINS, ROBERT H., JR.
JOHNSON, RALPH H.
KAROPCZYC, STEPHEN EDWARD
KELLOGG, ALLAN JAY, JR.
KINSMAN, THOMAS JAMES
LANGHORN, GARFIELD M.
LAW, ROBERT D.
LEISY, ROBERT RONALD
LONG, DONALD RUSSELL
MILLER, GARY L.
MOLNAR, FRANKIE ZOLY
MONROE, JAMES H.
MURRAY, ROBERT C.
NASH, DAVID P.
OLIVE, MILTON L. III
OLSON, KENNETH L.
OUELLET, DAVID G.
PERKINS, WILLIAM THOMAS, JR.
PHIPPS, JIMMY W.
PITTS, RILEY L.
PORT, WILLIAM D.
RABEL, LASZLO
RASCON, ALFRED V.
RAY, DAVID ROBERT
RAY, RONALD ERIC
ROARK, ANUND C.
SANTIAGO-COLON, HECTOR
SARGENT, RUPPERT L.
STEINDAM, RUSSELL A.
STOUT, MITCHELL W.
WARREN, JOHN E., JR.
WAYRYNEN, DALE EUGENE
WILLIAMS, DEWAYNE T.
WILSON, ALFRED M.
WORLEY, KENNETH L.
YABES, MAXIMO
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