Four Medal of Honor Recipients Added to the Ranks

Hershel “Woody” Williams was the last World War II Medal of Honor recipient. His passing reduced the list of living recipients to 63.

This week, that list was expanded by three Army recipients, and the full list of recipients was expanded by four, including one posthumous award. Each of these Vietnam veterans demonstrated “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty…”

The three living recipients are U.S. Army Specialist Five Dwight W. Birdwell, former U.S. Army Specialist Five Dennis M. Fujii, and retired Major John J. Duffy. And it is with gratitude that we note the posthumous addition of Staff Sergeant Edward N. Kaneshiro.