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mcni'B xnuiiary Merit Meaai anaGallantry “Cross with palm will ^ be presented to the widow and i!* children of S. Sgt. James T. 18 Gravley Sr. In a private cere-}y mony later this summer.Mrs. Gravley received word In a letter from Maj. Gen. Kenneth G.t Wickham, adjutant general, that her husband Is to be honored by the Vietnamese.Sgt. Gravley, 33, was killed *y Jan. 24, 1969, In Vietnam when the vehicle he was commanding hit a hostile mine.Mrs. Gravley accepted the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, awarded to her husband posthumously by the United States government, In ceremonies oh the courthouse lawn last August.Prior to his death, Sgt. Gravley had been awarded the Good Conduct Medal with three Bronze it Loops, National Defense Ser-td vice Medal with First Oak Leaf Cluster, Korean Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal and the United States Service Medal.Also the Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, Expert Badge with Tank Weapon Bar, Sharpshooter Badge with Rifle Bar, and the Marksman Badge with Carbine andPistol Bars.Sgt. Gravley was the son of,2 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gravley.« The Vietnamese awards will )n be presented to his widow, Anita, and four children, James Jr., . Jewel, Paul and Roy.o57 i ruck CrushesIS£ iiiroiigh UrtdgesWEHTHEIM, Germany * (UPI)—A truck carrying 13 U.S. soldiers crashed through bridge rails at Wertheim today and plunged Into the Mainxa
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Pulaski Southwest Times
Pulaski, Virginia, US
Thu, Jun 04, 1970
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