 On 14 May 2014, White received the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony, for administering life saving medical aid to comrades and for radioing situational reports; that battle resulted in five soldiers and a Marine being killed and all eight surviving Americans being wounded.White became the seventh living recipient of the Medal of Honor from either the Iraq War or Afghanistan operations.The following day, White was inducted into the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes by Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O.