29 TV Characters Who Have Served Their Country

We don't know exactly what this Modern Family patriarch did in the war. But "this is my Vietnam," he once said while trying to build a project with son Mitchell, adding: "And I was in Vietnam."

Leonard is the half of Hap and Leonard who served in the Vietnam War, doesn't hesitate to use a gun and still doesn't hold it against his best friend, Hap, who spent time in prison as a conscientious objector.

On Sherlock, John Watson somewhat recently returned from British military service in Afghanistan. He was wounded there and suffered from a form of PTSD before teaming up with his investigative pal. We never saw him in uniform, but got to see him salute his ex-commander at his wedding.

CO CDR Tom Chandler and XO Mike Slattery head up the Naval ship the Nathan James, but there are a lot more characters who keep this vessel afloat.

Eric Carter and his buddy, Grimes, also seen in this photo were a part of the Rangers Squad who killed the notorious Ibrahim Bin-Khalid.