David H. McNerney, 79, Received Medal of Honor for Vietnam Actions

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David McNerney, Medal of Honor Winner for Bravery in Vietnam, Dies at 79
Oct 13, 2010 10:35 PM ET

Obituary: David H. McNerney, 79, Received Medal of Honor for
Vietnam Actions

By T. Rees Shapiro
Oct. 13 (Washington Post) -- David H. McNerney, a retired
Army first sergeant who was awarded the Medal of Honor for
leading soldiers out of a Viet Cong ambush in 1967, died of lung
cancer on Oct. 10 at a veterans hospital in Houston. He was 79.
Sgt. McNerney was not supposed to be in Vietnam on March 22,
1967. At 35, he'd already served two tours in those jungles and
had spent most of the previous year training young troops to go
to war.
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