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Lincoln Star Journal: Nebraska Vietnam vet to be honored by Purple Heart project for service in war, at home

Deep in the sugar beet fields in Nebraska's Panhandle, where young boys worked alongside their fathers after high school classes and baseball games, a war hero was in the making. At the time Marty Ramirez was drafted to fight in the Vietnam War in 1967, he had no idea he would someday earn national honors for his efforts in the jungle.

NewsBob DriscollDecember 7, 2025Patriot Project Mission #4, Nebraska, Vietnam

Press Release: Local Purple Heart Recipient Dr. Marty Ramirez to be Honored During National Tribute Event

Ramirez entered the Army on October 20, 1967, and served with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, A-4/12, during the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam. In February 1969, with just ten days remaining in his year-long tour, his unit came under heavy enemy attack while he was guarding ammunition beneath a bridge.

NewsBob DriscollDecember 2, 2025Army, Patriot Project Mission #4, Nebraska, Vietnam