[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2777 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2777

  To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor 
  posthumously to Private First Class William P. Fesken of the United 
         States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam War.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2011

  Mr. Sires introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor 
  posthumously to Private First Class William P. Fesken of the United 
         States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam War.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO 
              WILLIAM P. FESKEN FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE VIETNAM 
              WAR.

    (a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the time limitations specified 
in section 3744 of title 10, United States Code, or any other time 
limitation with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons 
who served in the Armed Forces, the President is authorized and 
requested to award the Medal of Honor posthumously under section 3741 
of such title to former Private First Class William P. Fesken of the 
United States Army for the acts of valor during the Vietnam War 
described in subsection (b).
    (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to in 
subsection (a) are the actions of then Private First Class William P. 
Fesken who, while serving with Company A, 3d Battalion, 47th Infantry, 
9th Infantry Division, distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry 
and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of 
duty on May 2, 1967, while protecting wounded members of his squad 
during repeated attacks by a Viet Cong force until his death on that 
date.
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