Printer Friendly
Email to a Friend
(KAIR) -- A regional Vietnam veteran will be able to get a formal ceremony Friday morning for the Purple Heart 45 years after being wounded in war.
Brig. Gen. Mike Lundy, deputy commanding general of the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth will pin a Purple Heart on Danny Taylor.
The ceremony will take place at 10 at the Dwight D. Eisenhower VAMC in the Schwarzkopf Conference Room-B222.
Taylor, 65, of Kansas City, Kansas, was wounded in 1968, received his Purple Heart about 30 years later, but was never honored at a formal ceremony.
Recently, his relatives contacted Post 56 of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Leavenworth about arranging a ceremony, and the VFW asked Fort Leavenworth to provide a general officer for the award service.
In Vietnam, Taylor was a Specialist E-5 serving in the 86th Maintenance Battalion.
On January 31, 1968, Taylor’s unit came under a mortar attack during the Tet offensive, and Taylor suffered wounds to his arm, leg and back.
He was discharged from the Army in April 1968 and continued his service in the Kansas National Guard in the 1970s.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Two arrested after Doniphan Co traffic stop
Seven arrested in Atchison drug investigation
Atchison man sentenced on child sex charge
Sabetha Community Hospital appoints new CEO
Two arrested after Jackson Co pursuit and manhunt
Atchison woman sentenced on charges in fatal crash
Shots fired, vehicle attack, leads to Mayetta arrest
Heavy rain contributed to wreck injuring one person
Man arrested in Tecumseh, Neb following standoff
One killed, 3 injured in NW MO crash
Longtime Nemaha Co Appraiser retires
Longtime Sabetha Fire Chief recognized for service
Jackson Co traffic stop results in two arrests
Atchison Co: Motorists reminded to use only hwy detours
Hiawatha City Commission sets fireworks dates, times
Child abuse arrest made in Pawnee County
Brown Co Appraiser re-appointed
Brownville under consideration for small modular nuclear reactor
LATEST STORIES
Atchison man facing drug-related charges in Jackson Co
Shots fired, vehicle attack, leads to Mayetta arrest
Nominees sought to fill local judicial seat
Protect yourself from West Nile Virus
Unemployment figures mixed in SE Nebraska in May
Purchase of 2 patrol units for Richardson Co Sheriff's Office approved
One killed, 3 injured in NW MO crash
New firm to do facilities assessment for USD 415
Hiawatha, Ks 66434