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Someone sent us their work on this James Ring<\/a>, who passed away on July 18, 2017. His obituary read;<\/p>\n

After graduating from Rosedale High School in KCK, Jim enlisted in the USMC where he proudly served his country during the Korean Conflict and the Viet Nam War, earning a Navy Congressional Medal of Honor. He rose through the ranks and retired as a Master Sargent in 1979. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A search of the Medal of Honor awardees failed to turn up his name, so we got his records;<\/p>\n

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He didn’t join the Marine Corps until 1956, so he missed the Korean War by three years. He went to Vietnam in 1967 and again in 1970, he earned a Combat Action Ribbon, but no Medal of Honor. <\/p>\n

I’m chalking this up to family confusion, I’m pretty sure that a Master Sergeant with twenty years of honorable service wouldn’t leave his family to clean up this mess. So I’m not calling this stolen valor, we’re correcting the historical record. I wish only the best for the grieving family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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