Honoring the service and sacrifice of Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient Danny J. Petersen.
Senate Resolution 1719 honors Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient Danny J. Petersen, born in Horton, Kansas, who served as a Specialist Fourth Class in the U.S. Army. Petersen was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery during a North Vietnamese Army attack in January 1970. The resolution notes his actions in rescuing wounded comrades under heavy fire and providing covering fire during a withdrawal. Petersen's name is inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and a portion of US-75 near Netawaka, Kansas, is named the "Danny J. Petersen Memorial Highway.
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