{"id":19173,"date":"2018-07-25T14:35:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:42:17","slug":"marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing child drowning in river"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lance Cpl. Tucker Watson-Veal was awarded the Corps\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/05\/24\/sergeant-awarded-navy-and-marine-corps-medal-for-disarming-suicidal-marine\/\" target=\"_blank\">highest award for noncombat bravery<\/a>, the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, in May for his heroic actions in rescuing a child caught up in a deadly river current.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then-Pfc. Watson-Veal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/military-honor\/2017\/08\/14\/marine-awarded-navy-and-marine-corps-medal-for-pulling-man-from-burning-vehicle\/\" target=\"_blank\">sprung to action<\/a> on Sept. 17, 2016, while vacationing near the lower Salt River in Arizona after being approached by a distraught man who said a child was caught up in the strong current and couldn\u2019t swim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomebody had to get this<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/01\/08\/marine-earns-rare-medal-for-noncombat-bravery\/\" target=_blank> child out of the river<\/a>,\u201d Watson-Veal told Marine Corps Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To beat the current, Watson-Veal pushed up river past the child before plunging into the icy cold waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo way I was going to swim against that current,\u201d Watson-Veal said. \u201cThe Salt River is a very fast moving body of water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The young Marine swam across the river. \u201c(I) let the current take me to him,\u201d Watson-Veal explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After approaching the boy, Watson-Veal latched onto him with one arm while grabbing onto a tree branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of the nearby terrain, there was no way to pull the boy onto land, Watson-Veal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, because of his training as a combat lifesaver, the Marine noticed the young boy was showing signs of hypothermia. He was shaking, had a pale face and his lips were blue, Watson-Veal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe was not in very good condition, he needed to get out of the river very quickly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An airboat belonging to the Maricopa County Sheriff\u2019s Office eventually arrived on scene to assist the two stuck in the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI grew up in Arizona and spent many years on the Salt River so I knew exactly how much danger that kid was in and the danger my son put himself in jumping into that river,\u201d Watson-Veal\u2019s mother, Jackie Watson-Veal, told Marine Corps Times. \u201cI cannot remember the statistics now but there have been many deaths on the Salt River.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheriff\u2019s department recommended Watson-Veal for a Citizen Lifesaving Certificate of Commendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was determined later, without hesitation, Tucker jumped into the river and swam across the strong current risking his own life to save Alex,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s report states. \u201cDue to the river\u2019s current and cold water temperature, it is the belief both subjects could not have held on for much longer and Tucker saved Alex from possibly drowning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watson-Veal is an infantry Marine currently filing the role of a range coach. He is assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy and Marine Corps Medal was presented to Watson-Veal at a ceremony held at Twentynine Palms, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy and Marine Corps Medal was presented to Watson-Veal at a ceremony held at Twentynine Palms, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":41732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":10,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3351],"class_list":["post-19173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-honor"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"2PLN465ZFJHDPC6VWT33VITEGU","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing child drowning in river - Army Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Navy and Marine Corps Medal was presented to Watson-Veal at a ceremony held at Twentynine Palms, California.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing child drowning in river\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Navy and Marine Corps Medal was presented to Watson-Veal at a ceremony held at Twentynine Palms, California.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Army Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-25T14:35:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T20:42:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shawn Snow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shawn Snow\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing child drowning in river\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2018-07-25T14:35:08+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T20:42:17+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 443,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Marinemedal.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Military Honor\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing child drowning in river - Army Times\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Marinemedal.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2018-07-25T14:35:08+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T20:42:17+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"The Navy and Marine Corps Medal was presented to Watson-Veal at a ceremony held at Twentynine Palms, California.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Marinemedal.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Marinemedal.jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/25\\\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Military Honor\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"military-honor\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing child drowning in river\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Army Times\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Independent News For Soldiers | Army Times\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Army Times\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/army-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/army-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Army Times\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/armytimes\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing child drowning in river - Army Times","description":"The Navy and Marine Corps Medal was presented to Watson-Veal at a ceremony held at Twentynine Palms, California.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing child drowning in river","og_description":"The Navy and Marine Corps Medal was presented to Watson-Veal at a ceremony held at Twentynine Palms, California.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/","og_site_name":"Army Times","article_published_time":"2018-07-25T14:35:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T20:42:17+00:00","author":"Shawn Snow","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Shawn Snow","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing child drowning in river","datePublished":"2018-07-25T14:35:08+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T20:42:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/"},"wordCount":443,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marinemedal.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Military Honor"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/","name":"Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing child drowning in river - Army Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marinemedal.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2018-07-25T14:35:08+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T20:42:17+00:00","description":"The Navy and Marine Corps Medal was presented to Watson-Veal at a ceremony held at Twentynine Palms, California.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marinemedal.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marinemedal.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/25\/marine-awarded-rare-medal-for-rescuing-drowning-child\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Military Honor","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/military-honor\/","ad_zone":"military-honor"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Marine awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing child drowning in river"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/","name":"Army Times","description":"Independent News For Soldiers | Army Times","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#organization","name":"Army Times","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/army-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/army-logo-white.png","caption":"Army Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Army Times","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marinemedal.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19175,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19173\/revisions\/19175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19173"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=19173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}