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Service Set for Medal of Honor Recipient Who Died of COVID-19
President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor on retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) – A Medal of Honor recipient from Opelika who died after contracting COVID-19 earlier this year will be laid to rest this week at Arlington National Cemetery.
Services for Bennie G. Adkins were announced by his private foundation. Adkins’ body will be escorted from an Opelika funeral home to the Atlanta airport by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office on Monday. He will be buried with full military honors on Wednesday at Arlington beside his late wife, who died last year. Adkins died in April at the age of 86 after falling ill with the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
Bennie Adkins, Alabama Medal of Honor recipient killed by COVID, to be buried at Arlington
Updated Dec 13, 2020;
Posted Dec 13, 2020
President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor to retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 15, 2014.(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bernardo Fuller/Released)
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A Medal of Honor recipient from Alabama who died after contracting COVID-19 earlier this year will be laid to rest this week at Arlington National Cemetery.
Services for retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins of Opelika were announced by the foundation he began to provide educational assistance for members of the Special Forces.
Arlington service set for Medal of Honor recipient who died from COVID-19 The Associated Press December 13, 2020 In this Sept. 15, 2014, file photo, then-President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor on retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Carolyn Kaster/AP) OPELIKA, Ala. A Medal of Honor recipient from Alabama who died after contracting COVID-19 earlier this year will be laid to rest this week at Arlington National Cemetery. Services for retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins of Opelika were announced by the foundation he began to provide educational assistance for members of the Special Forces.
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