Keywords: H.C. "Barney" Barnum Jr. at the Medal of Honor Flag ceremony for Michael Murphy .jpg en WASHINGTON Oct 23 2007 - H C Barney Barnum Jr Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy Reserve Affairs attends the Medal of Honor Flag ceremony recognizing the actions of Navy SEAL Lt Michael Murphy held at the United States Navy Memorial Barnum was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions as a Marine Corps lieutenant during Vietnam Lt Murphy was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on Oct 22 in a ceremony held at the White House Lt Murphy was killed during a reconnaissance mission near Asadabad Afghanistan while exposing himself to enemy fire in order to call in support after his four-man team came under attack by enemy forces June 28th 2005 Murphy is the first service member to receive the honor for actions during Operation Enduring Freedom and the first Navy recipient of the medal since Vietnam U S Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James Pinsky RELEASED 2007-10-23 071023-N-2653P-277 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 52122 U S Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James Pinsky PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Navy Memorial Harvey C Barnum Jr Men with glasses Men wearing neckties |