57 Years After He Threw Himself on a Grenade to Save His Squad, a Medal of Honor Recipient Finally Rests Among Soldiers

Published Jul 31, 2026, 3:26 PM EDT

Pfc. Garfield M. Langhorn’s family moved his remains to a national cemetery.

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Published Jul 31, 2026, 3:26 PM EDT

Hundreds of people gathered under the summer heat at Calverton National Cemetery on Long Island, New York, on July 3 to watch soldiers carry Pfc. Garfield M. Langhorn to his final resting place for the second time. He had already been buried once, in 1969, in a small cemetery a few blocks from the house he grew up in. This time, at his family's request and after a court order cleared the way, he was laid to rest in Section 23 of the national cemetery, along a road that has carried his name since long before his casket ever crossed it: PFC Garfield Langhorn Road. Langhorn was 20 years old when he died. He is the only Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient from Suffolk County, and for nearly six decades, his grave sat apart from the community of soldiers his family always felt he belonged with.