{"id":38290,"date":"2018-07-18T20:04:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T20:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:28:43","slug":"why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a congressman is urging Mattis to upgrade a fallen Marine\u2019s Silver Star"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Republican congressman from California is urging Secretary of Defense James Mattis to consider upgrading the posthumously awarded Silver Star of Marine 1st Lt. Travis Manion to the nation\u2019s second highest award for combat bravery, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/military-honor\/valor\/2017\/12\/05\/three-marine-veterans-awards-upgraded-to-navy-cross-silver-stars\/\" target=_blank>Navy Cross<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caucus.militarytimes.com\/speaker\/duncan-d-hunter\/\" target=_blank>Rep. Duncan Hunter<\/a>, a Marine Corps veteran, sent a letter to Mattis in early June asking Mattis&#8217; office to review \u201cnew material evidence\u201d that supports upgrading the fallen Marine\u2019s award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a phone call to Marine Corps Times Hunter said, Manion &#8220;was nominated in country for a Navy Cross by his chain of command. This is something that is deserving of a second look.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot one living person was awarded the Medal of Honor under President Bush. Administrations have been better about award reviews since then. Given the new testimony that has been presented, this award warrants a look by the current administration,&#8221; Hunter said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manion was originally submitted for the Navy Cross for exposing himself to enemy fire on multiple occasions and leading his men during an intense ambush while serving with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2016\/02\/14\/the-marines-new-iraq-mission\/\" target=_blank>military transition team<\/a> tasked with training and advising the Iraqi army in 2007. But his award was downgraded to the Silver Star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manion and his men were ambushed during a patrol near Fallujah, Iraq, on April 29, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs First Lieutenant Manion\u2019s patrol concluded a search of a suspected insurgent house, it came under precision small arms fire attack,\u201d Manion\u2019s award Silver Star citation reads. \u201cWith the Corpsman grievously wounded by enemy fire and the attack developing into a full-scale ambush, First Lieutenant Manion and a fellow Marine exposed themselves to the increasing fire to pull the Corpsman out of the kill zone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/valor.militarytimes.com\/hero\/3739\" target=_blank>Manion was killed<\/a> by a sniper during the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new evidence in support of Manion\u2019s upgrade is a witness statement from former Marine Staff Sgt. Paul D. Petty, who claims Manion continued to fire nearly 300 rounds of ammunition from his M4 and a grenade from his M203 after being wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile Manion was firing well-aimed shots into the enemy, he was mortally wounded while conducting a magazine exchange,\u201d the statement from Petty reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duncan\u2019s letter to Mattis says the actions of Manion that day saved the lives of every man in his platoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryan Manion, the first lieutenant\u2019s sister and head of the Travis Manion Foundation based in Pennsylvania, told Marine Corps Times, \u201cI do not believe Travis would care either way if his award was upgraded or not. That was type of character that Travis was though. The award gives an understanding of the situation for those that were not there. It represents his sacrifice to what he did.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lt. Manion was awarded the Silver Star for exposing himself to enemy fire on multiple occasions and leading his men during an intense ambush.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":42423,"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":13,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[29,116,117,13,15,88],"tags":[],"coauthors":[8420],"class_list":["post-38290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-left-column","category-middle-column","category-military-honor","category-news","category-your-military"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"Q6KS344UEFFP7D5SUMKHBH3QCA","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/","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>Why a congressman is urging Mattis to upgrade a fallen Marine\u2019s Silver Star - Military Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lt. Manion was awarded the Silver Star for exposing himself to enemy fire on multiple occasions and leading his men during an intense ambush.\" \/>\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=\"Why a congressman is urging Mattis to upgrade a fallen Marine\u2019s Silver Star\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lt. Manion was awarded the Silver Star for exposing himself to enemy fire on multiple occasions and leading his men during an intense ambush.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Military Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-18T20:04:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T20:28:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Neil Fotre and 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=\"Neil Fotre and 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\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"Why a congressman is urging Mattis to upgrade a fallen Marine\u2019s Silver Star\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2018-07-18T20:04:46+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T20:28:43+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 454,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/fallujah.jpg_c405ac.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Home\",\n\t                \"Left Column\",\n\t                \"Middle Column\",\n\t                \"Military Honor\",\n\t                \"News\",\n\t                \"Your Military\"\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\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Why a congressman is urging Mattis to upgrade a fallen Marine\u2019s Silver Star - Military Times\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/fallujah.jpg_c405ac.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2018-07-18T20:04:46+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-08T20:28:43+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Lt. Manion was awarded the Silver Star for exposing himself to enemy fire on multiple occasions and leading his men during an intense ambush.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/#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\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/\"\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\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/fallujah.jpg_c405ac.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/fallujah.jpg_c405ac.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/18\\\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\\\/#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\\\/militarytimes\\\/\",\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\\\/militarytimes\\\/military-honor\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"military-honor\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Why a congressman is urging Mattis to upgrade a fallen Marine\u2019s Silver Star\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Military Times\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Independent News About Your Military | Military Times\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#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\\\/militarytimes\\\/?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\\\/militarytimes\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Military Times\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/military-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/military-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Military Times\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/militarytimes\\\/#\\\/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\\\/militarytimes\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why a congressman is urging Mattis to upgrade a fallen Marine\u2019s Silver Star - Military Times","description":"Lt. Manion was awarded the Silver Star for exposing himself to enemy fire on multiple occasions and leading his men during an intense ambush.","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":"Why a congressman is urging Mattis to upgrade a fallen Marine\u2019s Silver Star","og_description":"Lt. Manion was awarded the Silver Star for exposing himself to enemy fire on multiple occasions and leading his men during an intense ambush.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/","og_site_name":"Military Times","article_published_time":"2018-07-18T20:04:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-08T20:28:43+00:00","author":"Neil Fotre and Shawn Snow","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Neil Fotre and Shawn Snow","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"Why a congressman is urging Mattis to upgrade a fallen Marine\u2019s Silver Star","datePublished":"2018-07-18T20:04:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T20:28:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/"},"wordCount":454,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fallujah.jpg_c405ac.jpg","articleSection":["Home","Left Column","Middle Column","Military Honor","News","Your Military"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/","name":"Why a congressman is urging Mattis to upgrade a fallen Marine\u2019s Silver Star - Military Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fallujah.jpg_c405ac.jpg","datePublished":"2018-07-18T20:04:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-08T20:28:43+00:00","description":"Lt. Manion was awarded the Silver Star for exposing himself to enemy fire on multiple occasions and leading his men during an intense ambush.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fallujah.jpg_c405ac.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fallujah.jpg_c405ac.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/2018\/07\/18\/why-a-congressman-is-urging-mattis-to-upgrade-a-fallen-marines-silver-star\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Military Honor","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/military-honor\/","ad_zone":"military-honor"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why a congressman is urging Mattis to upgrade a fallen Marine\u2019s Silver Star"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/","name":"Military Times","description":"Independent News About Your Military | Military Times","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#organization","name":"Military Times","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/military-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/military-logo-white.png","caption":"Military Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/#\/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\/militarytimes\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Military Times","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fallujah.jpg_c405ac.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38293,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38290\/revisions\/38293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38290"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=38290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}