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https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/1760862/medal-of-honor-monday-army-spc-daniel-fernandez/

https://news-bulletin.com/new-los-lunas-bridge-named-in-honor-of-daniel-d-fernandez/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qIvVRrMLeQ

Specialist Daniel D. Fernandez (Vietnam) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/santafe.asp. Daniel D. Fernandez, native of New Mexico, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1965 and served with Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Mechanized Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. On February 18, 1966, while attempting to evacuate a wounded soldier, Fernandez and his comrades were ambushed. When a grenade landed in the middle of the group, to protect fellow soldiers, Fernandez sacrificed himself by covering the grenade blast with his body. He received the Medal of Honor posthumously on April 26, 1967.
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