BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins of Alabama has succumbed to the coronavirus after a long battle.
The Vietnam War hero was 86 when he died Friday. “We are deeply saddened to notify you that after a courageous battle with COVID-19, Command Sergeant Major Bennie G.
Adkins departed this life today, with beloved family at his bedside,” according to the foundation that bears his name. President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor on retired Army Command Sgt.
Maj. Bennie G. Adkins in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP) Adkins had been hospitalized in critical condition at East Alabama Medical Center after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease