BTW, Wikipedia has another picture of Sgt. Keller:
Leonard B. "Len" Keller
Posted on 10/21/2009 7:37:32 AM PDT by Crush
Sgt. Leonard B. Keller pulled out of the parking lot of a veterans’ association on Sunday in Milton (Fla.), taking a sharp left turn to hit the highway on his Harley. Something went wrong, and the motorcycle overturned. When Sgt. Keller, 62, died later that day, Florida’s loss spoke to the heart of a nation. Keller belonged to one of the most exclusive and distinguished groups in our country—he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Known colloquially as the Congressional Medal of Honor, the award is the highest military award for valor in combat. Sgt. Keller’s citation gives an idea of what a soldier does to earn the distinction.
On May 2, 1967, the Ap Bac Zone in the Republic of Vietnam wasn’t a place anyone would really want to be. An enemy ambush had occurred and Sgt. Keller’s unit came in to sweep the area. Suddenly intense automatic weapons and small arms fire erupted from enemy bunkers. Numerous snipers fired mercilessly, perched in trees. Wounded American troops were scattered on the ground. MSNBC recounted Keller’s response that would earn him the Medal of Honor: “His own unit was also taking casualties. As he heard voices yelling, ‘Retreat!’ Keller became angry and called out, ‘Let’s go get them!’ to an American named Ray. The two of them charged the enemy.”
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Why is it that there seems to be more good who die than those who are not worth a bucket of warm spit.
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Another warrior star shines bright in our night skies.........
Question: What about the "American named Ray?" Did he also get the MOH?
Another brother gone and a VERY special one at that!
Rest in peace Sgt Keller! You earned it!
“I am a pilot currently serving at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, FL. I had no idea that the man who issued my flight gear was a Medal of Honor winner…”
That speaks volumes.
Colonel, USAFR
And Saint Peter Said, “ Welcome Leonard, we have s special place for you”
I picked up on that too. I hope it was a case of wording Sgt. Keller’s citation to keep focus on the Sgt. and that the opposite was done for Ray in his citation. Prayers up for Ray and their loved ones; I am sure Sgt. Keller will Rest In Peace.
Always sad to hear of our heroes passing.
Rest in peace, Sgt. Keller.
BTW, Wikipedia has another picture of Sgt. Keller:
Leonard B. "Len" Keller
Sgt. Keller is a true hero. RIP sir.
Update on story.
Kay B. Day Followup on Sgt. Keller's fellow MOH recipient
After a reader asked about the soldier named Ray who fought with Sgt. Keller, we did some quick research. That solder, Raymond R. Wright, Jr., also received the Medal of Honor for his valor in that battle. We focused on Sgt. Keller for this article, but we plan to do additional stories on MOH recipients in the future. We thank our reader for asking an excellent question and we hope we have addressed it suitably.--best, Editor TUSR
Good post, thanks. I should have read through replies before I posted.
No problem, thx. It’s happened to me a hundred times... While I’m fussing around formatting a reply, someone else beats me to the punch by 10 or 15 minutes. Cheers!
That was "moi"....glad they got on it!!
Good for you! Glad to see they’re going to do a story on him too.
I Googleized Wright....died at age 53 in 1999. No further details.
Len and Ray...two of the reasons we never lost a battle in Vietnam.
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