Family honors Pfc. Milton Lee Olive, who made ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam
CHICAGO -- Veterans this Memorial Day paid tribute to Milton Lee Olive III, the first African American soldier to receive the Medal of Honor for his sacrifice during the Vietnam War.Olive also received posthumous a Purple Heart for his service.Olive was born Nov. 7, 1946, to Milton B. Olive II and Clara Olive. His mother died shortly after he was born, and he was raised in the Englewood neighborhood by his aunt, Zylphia Wareagle Spencer, and her husband, Jacob Spencer.
The senior Olive asked his son to go back to school, get a job, or join the military – and Olive chose the last option.Olive joined the U.S. Army in 1964.Pfc. Olive was a member of the 3rd Platoon of Company B as it made its way through the jungle in Phu Cuong, Vietnam on Oct. 22, 1965, to find the Viet Cong operating in the area.
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