Peter C. Lemon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Peter C. Lemon
- Peter Charles Lemon (born June 5, 1950) is a former United States Army soldier and a recipient of the U.S.
- military's highest award, the Medal of Honor.
- He received the award for his actions on April 1, 1970, while serving in Tây Ninh Province during the Vietnam War.
- He dedicates the Medal of Honor to the three comrades he lost in the battle which he received the award for: Casey Waller, Nathan Mann and Brent Street.
- Lemon is the only Canadian-born U.S.
- citizen to be presented the medal for fighting in the Vietnam War.
- He is the eighth-youngest living Medal of Honor recipient.
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