Jack Weinstein (Medal of Honor)

Jack Weinstein (October 18, 1928 – April 20, 2006) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War. He will be awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in a March 18, 2014 ceremony in the White House. The award comes through the Defense Authorization Act which called for a review of Jewish American and Hispanic American veterans from WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War to ensure that no prejudice was shown to those deserving the Medal of Honor.

Weinstein was born on October 18, 1928, in Lamar, Missouri. Drafted into the U.S. Army in 1950, he served a year and a half in Korea. He married, had five children, and settled in St. Francis, Kansas. Weinstein died on April 20, 2006.