Medal of Honor Monday: Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Roy M. Wheat
August 12, 2024
August 12, 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news:
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Roy Mitchell Wheat had only been in charge of a security team in Vietnam for two short months when he lost his life. His selfless actions, which involved throwing himself onto a landmine to keep his fellow Marines from being injured, led to a posthumous Medal of Honor.
Wheat was born on July 24, 1947, in Moselle, Mississippi. He was the first of four sons for J.C. a . . .
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Roy Mitchell Wheat had only been in charge of a security team in Vietnam for two short months when he lost his life. His selfless actions, which involved throwing himself onto a landmine to keep his fellow Marines from being injured, led to a posthumous Medal of Honor.
Wheat was born on July 24, 1947, in Moselle, Mississippi. He was the first of four sons for J.C. a . . .