RIP Colonel Robert L. Howard (Updated)

America’s Most-Decorated Soldier Dies In Waco – KWTX

Retired Army Col. Robert L. Howard, 70, who died Wednesday in Waco, was a Medal of Honor winner who at the time of his death was believed to be the most-decorated living American soldier. Howard will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery…

Howard, who grew up in Opelika, Ala., enlisted in the Army in 1956 at the age of 17 and retired as a full colonel in 1992.

In Vietnam, he served in the U.S. Army Special Forces and spent most of his five tours in the secret Military Assistance Command, Vietnam-Studies and Observation Group, or MACV-SOG, which was an unconventional force whose members were assigned to deep-penetration reconnaissance and interdiction missions. He was nominated three times for the Medal of Honor, which he was awarded in 1971 for the rescue of a seriously wounded platoon leader who was under enemy fire…

COL Robert L. Howard – Tribute Website

COL Robert L. Howard – Wikipedia

COL Robert Howard’s Medal Of Honor Citation – KWTX

Medal of Honor Series Video: COL Robert Howard – Pritzker Military Library

Obituary and Online Guest Book – OakCrest Funeral Home, Waco, Texas