Salvatore Giunta
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient · United States · On the map · Born 1985 · age 41
Salvatore Augustine Giunta is a former United States Army soldier and the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States Armed Forces' highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor.
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Giunta receiving the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama on November 16, 2010
Giunta addresses the audience during the Medal of Honor Hall of Heroes Induction Ceremony at the Pentagon.
Giunta visits Walter Reed Medical Center, 2024
Salvatore Giunta at a book signing at a post exchange in Vicenza, Italy in 2013
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About this person
Giunta was cited for saving the lives of members of his squad on October 25, 2007, during the War in Afghanistan. He left the United States Army in June 2011.
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Born 1985 · age 41