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| rdfs:comment | - Alfred (Velasquez) Rascon (born September 10, 1945) is a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel. In 2000, he was awarded the Medal of Honor—the United States' highest military decoration—for his actions as a medic near Long Khánh Province during the Vietnam War. On more than one occasion Rascon exposed himself to enemy fire and grenades by covering the bodies of those whom he was aiding with his own. In addition to Vietnam, Rascon also served as a medical officer in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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| Name | - National Defense Service Medal ribbon
- Army Commendation Medal ribbon
- Army Service Ribbon
- Air Medal ribbon
- Vietnam Service Ribbon
- Medal of Honor ribbon
- Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary ribbon
- Afghanistan Campaign ribbon
- Army Good Conduct ribbon
- Army Overseas Service Ribbon
- Bronze Star ribbon
- Iraq Campaign ribbon
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- Lt. Col. Alfred Rascon
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| Type | - award-star
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| Caption | - Rascon, during his tenure as a major.
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- SSS Exceptional Service.png
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| abstract | - Alfred (Velasquez) Rascon (born September 10, 1945) is a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel. In 2000, he was awarded the Medal of Honor—the United States' highest military decoration—for his actions as a medic near Long Khánh Province during the Vietnam War. On more than one occasion Rascon exposed himself to enemy fire and grenades by covering the bodies of those whom he was aiding with his own. In addition to Vietnam, Rascon also served as a medical officer in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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