PFC David Gonzales was a US Army soldier who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II. On April 25, 1945, PFC Gonzales was killed in action in the Philippines while digging out fellow soldiers who had been buried in a bomb explosion. In 1999, David Gonzales, Jr. attended a ceremony where he discovered the photo the Army was sending out was not of his father. After investigation, and at another ceremony, David Jr. was presented with other medals due his father: Bronze Star, Purple Heart, WWII Victory Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two Bronze Service Stars, Philippine Liberation Medal, World War II Honorable Service Lapel Button, Combat Infantryman Badge, and the Expert Rifle Badge.