Gold Star Veterans : Florida Medal of Honor

12 Total Results

★ indicates a related state match, for example, born in or lived in or attended school in Florida

	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
1	Emory Lawrence Bennett	FL	06-24-1951	Korea	Army
2	Hammett Lee Bowen Jr	FL	06-27-1969	Vietnam	Army
3	Bruce Wayne Carter	FL	08-07-1969	Vietnam	Marines
4	Ardie Ray Copas	FL	05-12-1970	Vietnam	Army
5	Nicholas Joseph Cutinha	FL	03-02-1968	Vietnam	Army
6	Robert Henry Jenkins Jr	FL	03-05-1969	Vietnam	Marines
7	Baldomero Lopez	FL	09-15-1950	Korea	Marines
8	Robert Miller McTureous Jr	FL	06-11-1945	WW II	Marines
9	★ Alexander R Nininger	GA	01-12-1942	WW II	Army
10	William Wayne Seay	FL	08-25-1968	Vietnam	Army
11	Clifford Chester Sims	FL	02-21-1968	Vietnam	Army
12	Larry Eugene Smedley	FL	12-21-1967	Vietnam	Marines

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