Sergeant Robert E "Bob" O'Malley, born 3 June 1943 in New York City and from Goldthwaite, Texas, was one of only 71 living Medal of Honor recipients in 2020. He received the Medal of Honor on 6 December 1966 from President Lyndon B Johnson in Austin, Texas, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against communist Viet Cong forces near An Cu'ong 2, South Vietnam, on 18 August 1965 while serving as squad leader in Company "I," Third Battalion, Third Marines, Third Marine Division (Reinforced). During an assault on a strongly entrenched enemy force, his unit came under intense small arms fire, and with complete disregard for his personal safety he raced across an open rice paddy to the enemy trench line, jumped into the trench, attacked with his rifle and grenades, and singly killed eight of the enemy. He then led his squad to aid an adjacent Marine unit suffering heavy casualties, pressed forward while firing into the enemy emplacement, personally helped evacuate several wounded Marines, regrouped the remnants of his squad, and returned to the heaviest fighting. After being ordered to an evacuation point, he gathered his besieged and badly wounded squad and boldly led them under fire to a helicopter for withdrawal. Although wounded three times and facing imminent death, he refused evacuation and continued to cover his squad's boarding of the helicopters from an exposed position until his wounded men were evacuated, permitting himself to be removed from the battlefield only after his last mission was accomplished.