Biden awarded Puckett the Medal of Honor in 2021.
A U.S. Capitol Police honor guard salutes the cremated remains of retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett Jr. during his congressional tribute in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on April 29, 2024 in Washington, DC.Puckett's cremated remains lay in honor Monday afternoon at the center of the Capitol rotunda -- one of the nation's highest honors. Puckett died April 8 at the age of 97 in Columbus, Georgia.
President Joe Biden awarded Puckett the Medal of Honor on May 21, 2021, upgrading one of his Distinguished Service Crosses, for Puckett showing "extraordinary heroism and selflessness" in the Korean War more than 70 years ago, explaining that the award finally gave Puckett's "act of valor the full recognition they have always deserved."
President Joe Biden stands next to 94-year-old retired Army colonel Ralph Puckett, Jr., before presenting him with the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry while serving during the Korean War, in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on May 21, 2021.Speaker Mike Johnson expressed hope that the next generation of service members and warfighters "learn" from Puckett's example and "aspire the same great virtues of valor and honor and courage.
An honor guard carries an urn containing the cremated remains of the late Army Col. Ralph Puckett during a memorial ceremony in the rotunda of the US Capitol on April 29, 2024, in Washington, DC.As enemy fire "threatened the success of the attack by pinning down" one U.S. platoon, Puckett "intentionally ran across an open area three times to draw enemy fire, thereby allowing the Rangers to locate and destroy the enemy positions and to seize Hill 205," the citation noted.
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