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    Family of MOH recipient Sloat makes solemn visit to Vietnam Wall [Image 2 of 7]

    Family of MOH recipient Sloat makes solemn visit to Vietnam Wall

    WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

    09.17.2014

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller 

    Under Secretary of the Army

    Detail of the wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honoring Spc. 4 Donald P. Sloat, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor earlier this week, in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2014. Sloat distinguished himself while serving as a machine gunner with the 1st Infantry Regiment, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, during combat operations against an armed enemy in the Republic of Vietnam. On the morning of Jan. 17, 1970, Sloat's squad moved up a hill in file formation when the lead Soldier tripped a wire attached to a hand grenade booby-trap, set up by enemy forces. When the grenade rolled down the hill toward Sloat, he picked up the grenade to throw it away from his fellow Soldiers. After initially attempting to throw the grenade, Sloat realized that detonation was imminent, and that two or three men near him would be killed or seriously injured if he couldn't shield them from the blast. In an instant, Sloat chose to draw the grenade to his body, shielding his squad members from the blast, and saving their lives. He was killed in action Jan. 17, 1970, a month before his 21st birthday. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller/Released)

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    Date Taken: 09.17.2014
    Date Posted: 09.17.2014 20:29
    Photo ID: 1554455
    VIRIN: 140917-A-AJ780-006
    Resolution: 4928x3280
    Size: 5.86 MB
    Location: WASHINGTON, DC, US
    Hometown: COWETA, OK, US

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