Democrat Bob Filner, of the 51st district of California, has introduced H.R. 540, the “In Memory Medal for Forgotten Veterans Act.”
The medal, to be known as the “Jesus (Chuchi) Salgado Medal,” to be designed and issued by the Secretary of Defense to honor each veteran of the Armed Forces who served in the Vietnam war or who died as a result of service in the war–as determined by the Secretary of Defense–and whose name is not eligible for placement on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington.
The medal is named after Sgt. Salgado of California who is given credit for getting the act introduced in 2005 to the 109th Congress.
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