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Section 1
1. Authority to award Medal of Honor to Gary Lee McKiddy for valor during the Vietnam War Notwithstanding the time limitations in section 7274(b) of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation, the President is authorized and requested to award the Medal of Honor under section 7271 of such title to Gary Lee McKiddy, of Miamisburg, Ohio, for the acts of valor referred to in subsection (b). The acts of valor referred to in subsection (a) are the conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life and beyond the call of duty of Gary Lee McKiddy, between October 25, 1969, and May 6, 1970, and particularly on May 6, 1970, the day he died during a combat operation in Cambodia while serving as a Specialist Four in the 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army. The Medal of Honor may be awarded under this section posthumously as provided in section 7282 of title 10, United States Code.