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  • Major General Reuben Henry Tucker, III (1911 - 1970)
    Major General Reuben Henry Tucker, III General Tucker was a U.S. Army officer who commanded the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment and was awarded two Distinguished Service Crosses. Early Life ...
  • Major David Bruce Tucker (1939 - 1967)
    David B. Tucker was killed in Vietnam War. He was the son of Major General Reuben Henry Tucker III. David Bruce Tucker Vietnam War Gold Star Veteran from New York David Bruce Tucker Vietnam ...
  • Lloyd "Scooter" Leslie Burke (1924 - 1999)
    President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the==Medal of Honor==to BURKE, LLOYD L. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company G, 5th Cavalr...
  • Cpl. Robert Brown Roshon, U.S. Army (1949 - 1970)
    Robert Brown Roshon Vietnam War Gold Star Veteran from Ohio Robert Brown Roshon Vietnam War Vietnam WarOhio ▼ Content Integrity Note Our displayed data concerning the life and military history of...
  • Joshua Welch, Jr. (1946 - 1966)
    PFC Joshua Welsh,Jr. A Note from www.VirtualWall.org C Company, 1/16th Infantry, was engaged in heavy fighting on 11 December 1966 following an ambush on Route 13 north of Lai Khe. Seventeen...

The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is a United States Army military decoration. The badge is awarded to infantrymen and Special Forces soldiers in the rank of colonel and below, who fought in active ground combat while assigned as members of either an Infantry or Special Forces unit of brigade size or smaller at any time after 6 December 1941. For those soldiers who are not members of an infantry, or Special Forces unit, the Combat Action Badge (CAB) is awarded instead. For soldiers with an MOS in the medical field with the exception of a Special Forces Medical Sergeant (18D), the Combat Medical Badge is awarded.

The CIB and its non-combat contemporary, the Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB), were created in November 1943 during World War II to boost morale and increase the prestige of service in the Infantry. Specifically, it recognizes the inherent sacrifices of all infantrymen, and that they face a greater risk of being wounded or killed in action than any other military occupational specialties.