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| rdfs:comment | - Jimmie Earl Howard (July 27, 1929 – November 12, 1993) was a Marine Corps Staff Sergeant when he led an eighteen-man reconnaissance patrol in a fierce battle against a battalion of Viet Cong in June 1966. As a result of his heroic actions, Howard became the sixth U.S. Marine to be awarded the Nation’s highest honor for heroism in combat in Vietnam. The Medal of Honor was presented by President Lyndon B. Johnson in White House ceremonies on August 21, 1967.
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| death place | - San Diego, California, United States
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| Caption | - Jimmie E. Howard, Medal of Honor recipient
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| Ribbon | - Medal of Honor ribbon.svg
- National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg
- Purple Heart BAR.svg
- Vietnam Service Ribbon.svg
- KSMRib.svg
- Navy Unit Commendation ribbon.svg
- Presidential Unit Citation .svg
- United Nations Service Medal for Korea ribbon.png
- Silver Star ribbon.svg
- Vietnam Campaign Medal Ribbon.png
- Marine Corps Good Conduct ribbon.svg
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| Birth Place | - Burlington, Iowa, United States
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| Alt | - A light blue ribbon with five white five pointed star
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| placeofburial | - Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California, United States
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| abstract | - Jimmie Earl Howard (July 27, 1929 – November 12, 1993) was a Marine Corps Staff Sergeant when he led an eighteen-man reconnaissance patrol in a fierce battle against a battalion of Viet Cong in June 1966. As a result of his heroic actions, Howard became the sixth U.S. Marine to be awarded the Nation’s highest honor for heroism in combat in Vietnam. The Medal of Honor was presented by President Lyndon B. Johnson in White House ceremonies on August 21, 1967.
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