Félix Conde Falcón

Félix Modesto Conde Falcón (February 28, 1938 – April 4, 1969) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.

Biography
Born in Juncos, Puerto Rico, Falcón joined the United States Army in April 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. He was killed during combat operations in Ap Tan Hoa, South Vietnam, on April 4, 1969. Falcón was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in a March 18, 2014 ceremony in the White House. The award comes through the Defense Authorization Act which called for a review of Jewish American and Hispanic American veterans from World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War to ensure that no prejudice was shown to those deserving the Medal of Honor.

Military awards
Conde Falcón's military decorations include the following:

Badges

 * US Army Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge-Generic.png Expert Rifle Marksmanship Badge
 * Markesman Weapons Qual Badge.png Marksmanship Badge
 * DrillInstructBadge.gif Drill Sergeant Identification Badge
 * ArmyOSB.jpg 1 Overseas Service Bar