Honors and Decorations
The 2nd Battalion has received Campaign Participation Credit for WWI (4), WWII (8), and Vietnam (11); and has received 5 Presidential Unit Citations.
Nine men have earned the Medal of Honor while serving with the 60th Infantry:
- World War I
- Captain Edward Allworth
- First Lieutenant Samuel Woodfill
- World War II
- Second Lieutenant John E. Butts, Company E
- Sergeant William L. Nelson
- Captain Matt Urban, 2nd Battalion
- Vietnam War
- Sergeant Leonard B. Keller, Company A, 3rd Battalion
- Private First Class Thomas James Kinsman, Company B, 3rd Battalion
- Private First Class Clarence Sasser, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion
- Specialist Four Raymond R. Wright, Company A, 3rd Battalion
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