Gold Star Veterans : Colorado Medal of Honor

11 Total Results

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	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
1	William Edward Adams	CO	05-25-1971	Vietnam	Army
2	Marcellus Holmes Chiles	CO	11-05-1918	WW I	Army
3	Elmer E Fryar	CO	12-08-1944	WW II	Army
4	★ Floyd K Lindstrom	NE	02-03-1944	WW II	Army
5	Joseph Pantillion Martinez	CO	05-26-1943	WW II	Army
6	Edgar Lee McWethy Jr	CO	06-21-1967	Vietnam	Army
7	Donald Dale Pucket	CO	07-09-1944	WW II	Army AF
8	Jon Edward Swanson	CO	02-26-1971	Vietnam	Army
9	Kenneth Newton Walker	CO	01-05-1943	WW II	Army AF
10	★ Keith Lincoln Ware	CA	09-13-1968	Vietnam	Army
11	John Hunter Wickersham	CO	09-12-1918	WW I	Army

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