Gold Star Veterans : Georgia Medal of Honor

11 Total Results

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

	Name	State	Date	War	Branch
1	★ Hammett Lee Bowen Jr	FL	06-27-1969	Vietnam	Army
2	Rodney Maxwell Davis	GA	09-06-1967	Vietnam	Marines
3	Harold Bascom Durham Jr	GA	10-17-1967	Vietnam	Army
4	Aquilla James Dyess	GA	02-02-1944	WW II	Marines
5	Henry Talmage Elrod	GA	12-23-1941	WW II	Marines
6	Donald Ray Johnston	GA	03-21-1969	Vietnam	Army
7	Ray McKibben	GA	12-06-1968	Vietnam	Army
8	Alexander R Nininger	GA	01-12-1942	WW II	Army
9	Charles William Sherwood	GA	02-15-1951	Korea	Army
10	Clyde Aristide Thomason Jr	GA	08-17-1942	WW II	Marines
11	Hilliard Almond Wilbanks	GA	02-24-1967	Vietnam	Air Force

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