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HomeNewsVietnam War Hero SP4 Robert D. Law’s Medal Of Honor To National Museum In Arlington

Vietnam War Hero SP4 Robert D. Law’s Medal Of Honor To National Museum In Arlington

  • July 20, 2020
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This week, the family of  Specialist Four Robert D. Law, United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military’s highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War, will gift his Medal of Honor to the National Medal of Honor Museum, which will be built in Arlington by 2024.

Robert Law, known as Bob, was born and raised in Fort Worth. He joined the Army to beat the draft and served in the Vietnam War. He also received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.

“I didn’t want these medals just sitting on someone’s wall – my wall or anybody’s, any family wall anywhere – I just didn’t want that,” his brother Larry Law said.

Law’s medal of honor will have a permanent home in the new National Medal of Honor Museum. It’s the very first Medal of Honor the museum has received. The museum is expected to open in Arlington in 2024.

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Date of Action: 22 February 1969

Date of Issue: 6 August 1970

DA GO 1970-45: 28 August 1970

Conflict: Vietnam War

Location: Tinh Phuoc Thanh Province, Vietnam
Military Service

PEBD Army: 17 October 1967

BCT and Inf AIT, Ft Polk, LA, PV1 to PFC, 1967–1968

Abn School, Ft Benning, GA, PFC, 1968

Scout Observer, F Co, 52nd Inf (Ranger), 1st Inf Div, RVN, PFC to SP4, 1968–1969

KIA, serving with I Co (Ranger), 75th Inf, 1st Inf Div, Tinh Phuoc Thanh, RVN, 22 February 1969

Law joined the Army from Dallas, Texas in October 1967,[1] and by February 22, 1969 was serving as a specialist four in Company I, 75th Ranger Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 1st Infantry Division.

During a firefight on that day, in Tinh Phuoc Thanh Province, Republic of Vietnam, Law smothered the blast of an enemy grenade with his body, sacrificing his life to protect those around him.

Law, aged 24 at his death, was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in his birth city of Fort Worth, Texas.

Specialist Law’s official Medal of Honor citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sp4 Law distinguished himself while serving with Company I. While on a long-range reconnaissance patrol in Tinh Phuoc Thanh province, Sp4 Law and 5 comrades made contact with a small enemy patrol. As the opposing elements exchanged intense fire, he maneuvered to a perilously exposed position flanking his comrades and began placing suppressive fire on the hostile troops. Although his team was hindered by a low supply of ammunition and suffered from an unidentified irritating gas in the air, Sp4 Law’s spirited defense and challenging counterassault rallied his fellow soldiers against the well-equipped hostile troops. When an enemy grenade landed in his team’s position, Sp4 Law, instead of diving into the safety of a stream behind him, threw himself on the grenade to save the lives of his comrades. Sp4 Law’s extraordinary courage and profound concern for his fellow soldiers were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.

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