Not SF related, but I thought the old man deserved the honor.
Charles P. Murray Jr., who received the Medal of Honor for single-handedly preventing 200 German soldiers from attacking an American battalion while leading a scouting mission in France during World War II, died Friday 8/12/11 at his home in Columbia, S.C. He was 89. Rest in peace Colonel.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/us/17murray.html?hpw