Vietnam veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Gary Beikirch, who ran multiple times into the line of fire to administer first aid to wounded troops, died Sunday in Rochester, New York. He was He gallantly gave his life for his country. Medal of Honor Recipient Alexander Bonnyman Jr. Additional Details. Accredited to: New Mexico. Awarded Posthumously: Yes. Born: May 2, 1910, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA, United States. Died: November 22, 1943, Tarawa Atoll, Betio Island, Gilbert Islands. Buried: Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery Ernest August Janson (Army & Navy Medals) Rank and organization: Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, 49th Company, 5th Regiment, 2d Division (Served under name of Charles F. Hoffman) Birth: 17 August 1878, New York, N.Y. Place and date: Near Chateau-Thierry, France, 6 June 1918. President Biden will award the Medal of Honor to a Black Vietnam War veteran who twice disobeyed orders to abandon his team, ultimately rescuing each member, the White House announced Wednesday. Medal of Honor Recipient Willard D. Miller at 50 years old. Willard D. Miller was born in 1877 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1897 after immigrating to New York City. In 1902, he became a US citizen in Massachusetts while serving at the US Naval Yard in Boston. Medal of Honor. Francis Edwin Brownell (July 18, 1840 – March 15, 1894) was a Union Army soldier who received a Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War. Brownell received the award for killing James W. Jackson after Jackson shot Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth, colonel of the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. FORT HAMILTON, N.Y. – Fort Hamilton honored the life and sacrifice of a Brooklyn native, Vietnam War veteran, and Medal of Honor recipient, during a street renaming ceremony, May 20. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes him- or herself "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his [or her] life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States." WFkn.