October 1952 2ndLt George H. O'Brien, Jr. – 27 October 1952 Vietnam War LCpl Roy M. Wheat – 11 August 1967 HM3 Wayne M. Caron – 28 July 1968 LCpl Kenneth L. Worley – 12 August 1968 LCpl Lester W. Weber – 23 February 1969 LCpl Jose F. Jimenez – 28 August 1969 LCpl James D. Howe – 6 May 1970 Iraq War Cpl Jason Dunham – 14 April 2004 Unit awards A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines has been presented with the following awards: Notable former members Ed Bearss, Civil War Historian. Rob Jones, served in Kilo Company during the War in Afghanistan Chuck Robb, governor of Virginia and US Senator In popular culture The 1968 documentary A Face of War showed 3rd Battalion operations in Quảng Ngãi Province of Vietnam. Half the company and members of the camera crew were wounded during the filming, which took place in 1966 as U.S. commitments in Vietnam rapidly escalated. In the 1999 film The Sixth Sense, Haley Joel Osment's character asks Bruce Willis' character, "Do you want to be a Lance Corporal in Company M, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines?" while offering him a toy soldier. See also List of United States Marine Corps battalions Organization of the United States Marine Corps Notes http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=23294 References Web 3/7's official website Infantry battalions of the United States Marine Corps 1st Marine Division (United States)