August 12 Kenneth Worley Medal of Honor

Kenneth Worley received the Medal of Honor posthumously in Vietnam when he threw himself on a grenade to save the lives of his fellow Marines. Honor and remember him!

Worley was an orphan from New Mexico who was raised by Don and Rose Feyerham of Modesto, California. He joined the Marine Corps in 1967 and arrived in Vietnam in early 1968, fighting as a machine gunner in 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines.

Read his Medal of Honor citation: