A Quincy High School alum and Vietnam veteran received the Bronze Star Medal on April 17, 2021; 50 years after the event that earned him the recognition.
In October of 1969, Vicente Sanchez Jr enlisted in the army. He completed basic training at Fort Lewis, now Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and went to Fort Gordon in Georgia for Army Initial Training for 18 weeks. His military occupations specialty was Avionics Mechanic, which included wire troubleshooting radios and navigational equipment on army aircrafts.
At the completion of his training he was able to spend a couple weeks home with his family before being shipped off to Vietnam on June 23, 1970.