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Salvatore Augustine Giunta is a former United States Army soldier and the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States Armed..
Salvatore Giunta
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (born 1985)
For the footballer, see Salvatore Giunta (footballer).
Salvatore Augustine Giunta (; born January 21, 1985) is a former United States Army soldier and the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States Armed Forces' highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor.
Giunta was cited for saving the lives of members of his squad on October 25, 2007, during the War in Afghanistan.
Salvatore Giunta was born in Clinton, Iowa in He grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and enlisted in the US Army in He would go on to serve in two combat.
He left the United States Army in June 2011.[1]
Early life and education
Giunta was born in Clinton, Iowa, on January 21, 1985, to an Italian American family.[2] Giunta grew up in Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha.
His parents, Steven, a medical equipment technician, and Rosemary, a preschool teacher, live in Hiawatha. He has two younger siblings, Mario and Katie.[3] Giunta attended John F. Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids.
At age 17, while working in a Subway, he decided to enli