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U.S. Navy Senior Chief Edward Byers Jr. charged in to a room, shot a Taliban fighter, tackled and killed another, then he heard an English voice call out to him across the room. He dove on the American hostage, shielding him from gunfire all the while pinning another enemy to the wall by the throat while another SEAL shot the enemy.

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Saint Elizabeth’s East Campus Cemetery has a brand new headstone. It marks the burial spot of Medal of Honor recipient Joseph B. Noil, who was awarded the medal in 1873 for jumping into icy water at Norfolk Harbor to save a shipmate that had fallen overboard the USS Powhatten.

When Noil was buried in 1882, he was buried under a headstone that misidentified him as “Joseph B. Noel,” with no acknowledgement of his award.

The Navy Veteran’s story was unraveled by the Medal of Honor Historical Society, which inspired a blog post that caught the attention of Will Carpenter, a longtime Veteran of the U.S. Merchant Marines. Carpenter began the search for Noil’s decedents. That effort led to the discovery of Bernadette Ricks, Noil’s great-great-granddaughter.

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