Joe Ronnie Hooper (August 8, 1938 – May 6, 1979) was an American who served in both the United States Navy and United States Army where he finished his career there as a captain. He earned the Medal of Honor while serving as an army sergeant on …

2020年9月3日 · Staff Sgt. Joe Ronnie Hooper was the most decorated soldier of the Vietnam War with the Medal of Honor, two Silver Star medals, six Bronze Stars, eight Purple Hearts, and 115 enemies killed in action.

2019年6月17日 · While most of his company was pinned down by gunfire in Vietnam, Army Sgt. Joe Ronnie Hooper led soldiers across a stream and overtook five enemy bunkers on the opposite shore.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper was presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during the Vietnam War.

2023年8月24日 · Hooper was presented the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon on March 7, 1969. He would be commissioned as an officer before retiring from the military in 1974.

Captain Joe Ronnie Hooper was a Vietnam veteran whose total U.S. combat medals and awards surpassed those of Lieutenant Audie Murphy in WWII and Sergeant Alvin York in WWI. He was the recipient of America's highest military award for valor in combat - the Medal of Honor.

2024年3月2日 · War was his best moment and his worst. Visions of whistling bullets, airborne body parts, screams of the wounded – and that was a good day for Joe Hooper. The Medal of Honor winner and most decorated soldier in Vietnam would bolt upward in his Seattle bed, sweating booze from the night before.

One of the most noteworthy of all of Hooper’s battles took place on February 21st, 1968, in Hue, South Vietnam. For his actions on this day, Hooper would receive the military’s highest award for valor: the Medal of Honor. It was dawn on the morning of the 21st.

2016年4月8日 · Joe Hooper would pass away as the most highly decorated soldier of the Vietnam War with a Medal of Honor, 2 Silver Stars, 6 Bronze Stars, and 8 Purple Hearts.

2024年9月25日 · Joe Ronnie Hooper (August 8, 1938 – May 6, 1979) was an American who served in both the United States Navy and United States Army where he finished his career there as a captain. He was awarded the Medal of Honor while serving as an army staff sergeant on February 21, 1968 during the Vietnam War.