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https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/2577725/medal-of-honor-monday-army-pfc-milton-a-lee/

https://cemetery.tspb.texas.gov/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=11146

Private First Class Milton A. Lee (Vietnam) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftsamhouston.asp. He received the Medal of Honor posthumously for service in the U.S. Army, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, in recognition of actions near Phu Bai, Thua Thien Province, Republic of Vietnam, April 26, 1968. https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/milton-a-lee
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Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

"The shy Christian ignored the bullets zinging by him and continued his one many assault, boldly charging a machine gun nest, and firing his M-16 from the hip. All four NVA died under Milton's onslaught. When the medics reached him, he was dead. 

MILTON A LEE

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