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During the Vietnam War 240 men received the nation's highest military award . . .

The Medal of Honor

Of those 240 brave men, 149 received the Medal of Honor posthumously.

Milton Lee Olive III
(PFC/Army) Chicago, IL

Milton Lee Olive III "Skipper" born in Chicago*
Buried in West Grove Missionary Baptist Cemetery near Lexington, Mississippi.
Died October 22 1965, 16 days before his 19th birthday.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. (Clara Lee) Milton Olive, Jr.
Grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. Milton Olive, Sr.

Source: Ms. Chinta Strausbergy, cousin of Milton, provided the corrected birth place and Milton's nick name. October 2004
Email address  Chintabernie@aol.com

Ms. Strausbergy also provide these links with infiormation

African-American involvement in the Vietnam War: Milton Lee Olive III
http://www.aavw.org/served/homepage_olive.html

503d PRCT Heritage Battalion, The Corregidor Historic Society
http://corregidor.org/heritage_battalion/moh/olive.html

From the Daily SouthTown. 'I'll never forget him' 39 years ago, a Chicago teen laid down his own life to save his comrades. At a ceremony Thursday, the Vietnam hero is remembered again. Friday, October 22, 2004. By Courtney Greve
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsnews/221nd5.htm

Source: some family information is from Mississippians All by Frank E. Smith and Audrey Warren. New Orlenas: Pelican Publishing House, 1968.

Some of this is from  The Wall on the Web page at http://www.vietvet.org/thewall/o.html

If you would like to view all 240 citations go to http://www.mishalov.com/Citations.html






Fred Olive - folive@uab.edu

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