Fireman 3rd Class Royle Luker, a U.S. Navy sailor who died at the age of 17 aboard the USS West Virginia during the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, will be buried May 30 in his Arkansas hometown.

Amos Barrett Ferrier was “decorated for bravery due to actions he took while serving as an Army medic in Afghanistan and was credited with saving multiple lives.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth presented the “long overdue” medals in a brief ceremony that honored six individuals hurt in a May 2003 grenade and rifle attack by a fellow soldier in Kuwait and three injured in combat operations in 2006 in Iraq.

Raymond K. Musgrove must also pay the U.S. over $1 million in restitution as part of his sentence, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington.

Joel “Rufus” French, a former tight end, was ordered to forfeit $17 million for his role in a scheme to bilk Medicare and the Department of Veterans Affairs of $200 million with falsified doctors’ orders for orthotics braces.

Between 2017 and 2021, Jerry Smith collected $244,953.70 in VA disability compensation and benefits after pretending to have extremely low vision.

A House Republican who retired from the Army and more than a dozen House Democrats who served in the military are seeking to place limits on the U.S. war against Iran through two newly introduced bills.

Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Joseph Leroy “Roy” Burke was received by members of the New York National Guard, who performed a dignified transfer of his casket. A memorial service will be held Thursday.

Hal Silberman is one of South Florida’s oldest living World War II veterans, having served as a communications and decoding officer aboard the battleship USS Arkansas in the Pacific.

This week in veterans news: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth backs the Richard Star Act; the VA is strategically hiring to fill critical medical vacancies; and two sailors who died at Pearl Harbor will be coming home for burial.