One recipient, Kenneth W. David, attended the White House ceremony, while the others honored posthumously with the award were ...

Robert Kerrey led Navy SEAL teams in Vietnam and was later elected governor of Nebraska and then to the U.S. senate for a ...

The award is given to those who "distinguish themselves conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of their own ...

Biden also upgraded the awards of the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest award for valor, to the Medal of Honor for two other soldiers who served in Vietnam -- Pvt. 1st Class Kenneth ...

Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David drew enemy fire to save the wounded. Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr. was killed while using his body to shield a soldier.

The family of Rocky Mounty native Cpt. Hugh Nelson Jr. received the Congressional Medal of Honor at the White House on his ...

Charleston army helicopter pilot Capt. Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr., a Citadel graduate, joins more than 3,520 recipients of nation ...

President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to military recipients who displayed heroism and self-sacrifice in combat ...

President Joe Biden bestowed the nation’s highest military honor onto Girard native Kenneth David and Steubenville native ...

An Army captain who grew up in North Carolina and died while saving three fellow soldiers in a downed helicopter in Vietnam ...

A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam War posthumously received the ...