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Newsom pardons Petaluma veteran whose heroism was overshadowed by addiction - Local News Matters

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A Petaluma veteran who was awarded the nation’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor, only to struggle with drug felonies in civilian life, has been pardoned by Gov. Gavin Newsom.The governor granted the posthumous pardon this past Friday to Richard Allen Penry, a U.S. Army sergeant who served in the Vietnam War.Sgt. Richard Allen Penry in an undated image. (File photo)Penry was a rifleman in the 199th Infantry Brigade in what was then Bin…
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Local News Matters broke the news in on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
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