under fire, he was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross. He was medically retired by the U.S. Army at the grade of Captain. His other combat decorations include the Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts, the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Presidential Unit Citation. Mansfield is a recipient of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award and the Villanova University Alumni Human Relations Medal. He was inducted into the 2006 National Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame, and into the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame in 1997. In February 2009 Mansfield joined the Board of Directors of the Disabled Veterans’ LIFE Memorial Foundation. In October 2010, Mansfield was honored by the Veteran's Group Soldier On at the official opening of the Gordon H. Mansfield Veterans Community in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in honor of his efforts for veterans. In attendance were dignitaries such as Massachusetts Congressman John Olver, CEO of Soldier On Jack Downing and Director of Homeless Programs for the Veterans Administration Peter Dougherty, who, with Mansfield's wife Linda, unveiled a large bronze bas relief of Mansfield by sculptor Andrew DeVries that marks the entrance to the community. Death Mansfield died of an aortic disease in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2013. References External links Official Biography |- 1941 births 2013 deaths United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War Washington College of Law alumni George W. Bush administration cabinet members George W. Bush administration personnel Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States) United States Army officers United States Assistant Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development United States Deputy Secretaries of Veterans Affairs University of Miami School of Law alumni Villanova University alumni