Here is someone very deserving to be recognized with the Medal of Honor:

A Marine who braved intense enemy gunfire in Afghanistan to recover the bodies of four fallen comrades will receive the Medal of Honor for his heroism, defense officials said Wednesday.

Dakota Meyer, who left the service last year, will be the third living recipient of the award for actions in Afghanistan and the tenth man recognized for exceptional bravery in the current wars. He’ll also be the first living Marine to receive the honor since the Vietnam War.

White House and defense officials have not released details of the award or the timing of its presentation.

The 22-year-old’s heroics came while serving with an embedded training team from the III Marine Expeditionary Force out of Okinawa, Japan. In September 2009, his team was ambushed in the controversial battle of Ganjgal, which claimed the lives of five Marines and nine Afghan allies.  [Stars & Stripes]

You can read more about the Battle of Ganjgal at the link, but Meyer’s heroics that day has long made him a candidate for the Medal of Honor he deserves.  I heard him on the radio yesterday stating that more people should have received the medal from the battle, but it just so happened that he was the only one that had a bunch of witnesses see what he did to support his medal citation.