A Vietnam veteran from Uniontown was awarded three medals, 56 years later
Floyd Geho of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, served in Vietnam in 1970. Fifty-six years later, the Army has awarded him three medals he never expected to receive.
11 November 2026
Floyd Geho served in Vietnam in 1970, in the Army Signal Corps and the Quartermaster Corps. He retired as a lieutenant colonel.
In Vietnam he was offered a Purple Heart and turned it down. Years later he changed his mind.
The review
When people from his congressman’s office came to Uniontown to help veterans with their records, he asked the Army to look at his file again.
The review took more than two years. The board did not approve the Purple Heart. It did award him three other medals.
Three medals
They are a second Bronze Star, the Vietnam Service Medal with four bronze service stars, and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation. He had not known he was due the last one.
“It’s just unbelievable after 56 years to be honored in such a way,” he said.
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