1st Cavalry Division
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Veterans and several hundred community members were on-hand during the unveiling of the Medal of Honor Memorial Headstone for Master Sgt. Mike C. Peña, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, during a ceremony at his resting place June 8, 2014 at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City, Texas. The ceremony and headstone are to locally honor the Newgulf, Texas native in his receiving the Medal of Honor posthumously March 18, 2014, after it was upgraded from the Distinguished Service Cross. Peña gave his life in defense of his fellow 1st Cavalry Division Troopers in 1950 during the Korean War. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy D. Crisp, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs (released).
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Veterans and several hundred community members were on-hand during the unveiling of the Medal of Honor Memorial Headstone for Master Sgt. Mike C. Peña, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, during a ceremony at his resting place June 8, 2014 at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City, Texas. The ceremony and headstone are to locally honor the Newgulf, Texas native in his receiving the Medal of Honor posthumously March 18, 2014, after it was upgraded from the Distinguished Service Cross. Peña gave his life in defense of his fellow 1st Cavalry Division Troopers in 1950 during the Korean War. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy D. Crisp, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs (released).