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Vietnam veteran receives military service award

Herald-Citizen - 6/25/2017

Joe Thomas Temples of Cookeville was recently awarded the Vietnam Conflict Cross of Military Service by the Captain Sally Tompkins Chapter 2123, United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Temples served as staff sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade, U.S. Army.

He is a descendant of John G. Temples who served in Company D, 35th Tennessee Infantry, CSA, in the War Between the States. The United Daughters of the Confederacy is honored to present military service awards to veterans for their patriotic devotion and military service to our country in time of war or conflict.

Their courage and loyalty reflects honor on themselves as well as upon their Confederate ancestors.

To be eligible to receive a UDC Military Service Award, a recipient must be a descendent of a Confederate soldier or sailor.