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https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/valor24/recipients/erevia/?f=recipient_list.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/military/slideshow/Medal-of-Honor-ceremony-at-the-White-House-82225.php.

Specialist 4 Santiago J. Erevia (Vietnam) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftsamhouston.asp. Santiago J. Erevia was born in Texas in 1946. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1968 and served for two years as a radio-telephone operator with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. On May 21, 1969, he neutralized four enemy bunkers, saving lives of wounded U.S. soldiers and rescuing his company from a precarious position. He joined the Texas National Guard after his army tour. Although he received the Distinguished Service Cross, among other citations, he had been recommended for the Medal of Honor for bravery in 1969. In March 2014, President Barack Obama awarded Erevia and twenty-three other veterans the Medal of Honor--all men who had been overlooked due to cultural prejudice. Erevia died March 22, 2016.  https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/santiago-j-erevia.
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Medal of Honor recipients SSG Melvin Morris, 1st Class Jose R Jose Rodela and Spc. Four Santiago Erevia.

MOH recipients SSG Melvin Morris, 1st Class Jose R Jose Rodela and Spc. Four Santiago Erevia.

President Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Santiago Erevia.

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