(November 7, 1946 – October 22, 1965)

In action on this day near Phu Cuong, about 35 miles northwest
of Saigon, PFC Milton Lee Olive III of Company B, 2nd Battalion,
503rd Infantry, threw himself on an enemy grenade and saved
four soldiers, including his platoon leader, 1st Lt. James Sanford.

For his actions on that day, he was posthumously awarded the
Medal of Honor.

At a ceremony on the steps of the White House, on
April 21, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson (center)
presented Olive’s Medal of Honor to his father and
stepmother (left).