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Walter Ehlers

Last surviving Medal of Honor recipient to have participated in the D-Day invasion at Normandy in WWII.
Bestowed the Medal of Honor for actions taken on 9-10 June 1944 near Goville, France. Landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. Numerous other WWII decorations.
Married 58 years at the time of his death.

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