serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place unit awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1943 -- 1944 25px united states army 09 june 1944 amfreville , france santa monica , california 2nd airborne division battalion , 507th parachute infantry regiment , 82nd medal of honor bronze star medal purple heart world war ii 25 april 1924 private joegandaramilitaryportrait209px.jpg joe gandara
 joe gandara
joe gandara

joe gandara -lrb- april 25 , 1924 -- june 9 , 1944 -rrb- was a u.s. army veteran of world war ii and recipient of the medal of honor .
gandara was awarded the medal of honor by president barack obama in a march 18 , 2014 ceremony in the white house .
the award came through the defense authorization act which called for a review of jewish american and hispanic american veterans from wwii , the korean war and the vietnam war to ensure that no prejudice was shown to those deserving the medal of honor .
