Peter S . Connor Peter Spencer Connor ( September 4 , 1932 - March 3 , 1966 ) was a United States Marine Corps staff sergeant who posthumous ly received the Medal of Honor for heroism in March 1966 in Vietnam . Biography . Connor was born on September 4 , 1932 , in Orange , New Jersey . He attended elementary and high school in South Orange , New Jersey , graduating from high school in 1950 . Enlisting in the U . S . Marine Corps on February 5 , 1952 , he completed recruit training with the 2nd Recruit Training Battalion , Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island , South Carolina . He was promoted to private first class upon graduation from Recruit Training in April 1952 , and transferred to the West Coast , where he joined the 2nd Battalion , 2nd Infantry Training Regiment . He joined the 1st Replacement Battalion after completing his advanced infantry training . Arriving in Korea in August 1952 , he was assigned as a fire team leader and radioman in the Third Platoon , Company B , 1st Battalion , 5th Marines , 1st Marine Division . He was promoted to corporal in April 1953 , while overseas . Upon his return to the United States in October 1953 , Corporal Connor served as a squad leader and platoon guide with Company B , 1st Battalion , 8th Marines , 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune , North Carolina , until released from active duty on February 4 , 1955 . While on inactive duty , he was a member of the Ready Reserve with the 4th and 1st Marine Corps Reserve and Recruitment Districts , and with 7th Rifle Company , USMCR , Lake Denmark , Dover , New Jersey . He was discharged from the Marine Corps Reserve in May 1961 to reenlist in the regular Marine Corps . Promoted to sergeant that same month , he was assigned as platoon guide with Casual Company , Headquarters Battalion , and with Company A , Schools Demonstration Troops , Marine Corps Schools , Quantico , Virginia . Transferred to the West Coast in July 1962 , he served as a platoon guide with Company B , 1st Battalion , 5th Marines , 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton . In November 1963 , his unit was sent overseas and redesignated as Company F , 2nd Battalion , 3rd Marines , 3rd Marine Division . He served first as a platoon guide , but prior to the unit ’ s return the next November , he was assigned as a platoon sergeant . Upon the unit ’ s return to Camp Pendleton , it was redesignated as Company B , 1st Battalion , 1st Marines , 1st Marine Division . Sergeant Connor was promoted to staff sergeant on May 1 , 1965 and that August his unit was again sent overseas , where it became a part of the 3rd Marine Division . Sergeant Connor was transferred , while overseas , to Company F , 2nd Battalion , 3rd Marines , 3rd Marine Division and served as a platoon sergeant . He was serving with this unit when it was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in the Republic of Vietnam . It was during this period that Sergeant Connor ’ s actions earned him the Medal of Honor . He was wounded in action on February 25 , 1966 and died of those wounds while on board the on March 8 , 1966 . Medal of Honor citation . The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to STAFF SERGEANT PETER S . CONNOR UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS for service as set forth in the following CITATION : / S / LYNDON B . JOHNSON Awards and decorations . Connor ' s awards include :