Most decorated American soldier in US Military history

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The title of most decorated American soldier probably goes to Robert Lewis Howard, a US Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient of the Vietnam War. Howard was born July 11, 1939 and he died at age 70 on December 23, 2009. Robert L. Howard was wounded 14 times while serving over 54 months of combat. He was awarded 8 Purple Hearts, 4 Bronze Stars, and was nominated for the Medal of Honor in three separate cases.

Robert L. Howard enlisted in the US Army at Montgomery, Alabama and retired in the rank of Colonel.

As a staff sergeant in Vietnam era Special Forces known as the highly-classified Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), he was recommended for the Medal of Honor on three separate occasions for three individual actions. That happened in thirteen months of combat from 1967 to 1968. His actions and bravery gained him respect among his soldiers, but that wasn’t enough in the first two nominations for Medal of Honor which were downgraded to a Silver Star and the Distinguished Service Cross due to the covert nature of the secret operations in which Robert L. Howard participated.