In 1967 he was drafted by the military. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and earned the Purple Heart.\n', '

After his return from Vietnam, he again played in the Dodgers\' farm system, but his war injuries had impaired his baseball skills, so he never made it back to the major leagues. He became a car salesman, married twice, and had two sons.\n', '

Roy Gleason remains the only US combat veteran and former Major League Baseball player to\n', 'receive "Special Congressional Recognition" for being awarded a Purple Heart, a World Series\n', 'Ring, and holding a "perfect" lifetime Major League batting average. He also remains the only\n', 'professional baseball player who after first playing in the Major Leagues was later drafted into\n', 'the US Army and sent to the front lines in the Vietnam War.\n', '

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