President Barack Obama, right, comforts Lenora Alvarado, while she accepts the Medal of Honor on behalf of her late father, U.S. Army Spc. Leonard L. Alvarado, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 18, 2014. Spc. Alvarado distinguished himself with acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a rifleman with Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy in Phước Long province, Vietnam, Aug. 12, 1969.