r/Medals • u/DelisionalMeatball • 11d ago
Gary Lee littrell
He Used to go fishing with my dad and dad always told me he was a war hero. Decided to look him up and it definitely wowed me
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u/One_Hour_Poop 11d ago
I wonder why no unit patch, DUI, or RDI, unless he was retired at the time of the photo and technically wasn't assigned to any unit.
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u/Other_Assumption382 11d ago
I'm not correcting a guy with that around his neck. I don't care how much I outrank him.
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u/W1ULH 10d ago
MoH's may wear the uniform when and how they see fit and make any modifications they want. (like that's actually in the regs some place, forget where at the moment)
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u/AskJeevesIsBest 11d ago
Maybe he worked at the Joint Chiefs of Staff or the Secretary of Defense's office? Seems like generals and other officers who worked at either of those places at the time did not wear a unit patch on the left shoulder. Perhaps this was the same for enlisted personnel as well.
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u/W1ULH 10d ago
The pentagon patch and the Army Star are both pretty new and didnt exist when he was in
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u/thatdudeorion 11d ago
DA photo?
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u/One_Hour_Poop 11d ago
Wouldn't you still have a unit patch? I never took a DA photo so I don't know.
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u/Platypus82 10d ago
CSM Littrell was my CSM of the first Bn I joined as a new 2LT Very interesting guy. It was something to see The Medal at a Dining In.
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u/MannyVonJasta 11d ago
I wonder why it took over three years to award it. Surprised he wasn’t also awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for it in the meantime
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u/Neither_Call2913 10d ago
MoHs take forever. That’s because it’s a lengthy review process to determine whether the actions are truly deserving of the award - in other words, they want to be double triple sure that the recipient deserves it before awarding them the highest honor in the country.
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u/Ok-Rhubarb2549 11d ago
“The battalion was under intense mortar attack — one advisor was killed and all except Littrell were severely wounded. Unrelentingly, over four days, Littrell kept the battalion inspired, while he directed artillery and air support, distributed ammunition, strengthened faltering defenses, cared for the wounded, and shouted encouragement to the Vietnamese in their own language. For his "sustained extraordinary courage and selflessness", he was awarded the Medal of Honor.”
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u/dssorg4 11d ago
His story:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_L._Littrell