Staff Sergeant Ehlers
Walter David Ehlers (May 7, 1921 – February 20, 2014)
Ehlers was the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor to
participate in the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War
II. He died Thursday, Feb. 20 at a veterans’ hospital in Long
Beach, Calif. His passing leaves a total of only seven surviving
World War II Medal of Honor recipients.
Ehlers Medal of Honor
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