An Army spokesman confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the award had been approved for three members of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps who “gave their lives during the shooting.” Seventeen students and teachers died when a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The family of Peter Wang received the award during his funeral Tuesday. The family had requested that he be buried in his JROTC uniform, and the Army provided a medal to be pinned to his uniform at the open-casket service. Another “keepsake” medal was given to his parents, US Army Cadet Command spokesman Michael Maddox told BuzzFeed News.

Wang, 15, was last seen holding a door open so that others could escape the shooter, his cousin told the Miami Herald. He was wearing his ROTC uniform when he was shot and killed.

He had always dreamed of going to the US Military Academy at West Point, his family said. On Tuesday, the day of his funeral, the academy posthumously admitted him in the class of 2025.

It is with broken hearts that Sunrise Post 365 & Stoneman Douglas JROTC shares the loss of our soaring eagles! We honor them, and will miss their courage, tenacity, and their smiles! Cadet Peter Wang, Cadet Martin Duque, and Cadet Alaina Petty. May they always soar high! pic.twitter.com/eg0TKprzMV

— sunrisepost365 (@sunrisepost365) February 18, 2018

As of Tuesday morning, an online petition to have Wang buried with full military honors had received more than 40,500 signatures. His service was expected to be attended by military veterans.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday said he had ordered the state’s National Guard to attend their services.

The medal was also presented to the family of 14-year-old Alaina Petty at her memorial service on Monday.

A third cadet who died, Martin Duque, will also receive a JROTC Heroism Medal from the Army. It will be presented to his family during his viewing and service on Saturday, a spokesman said.

The Army is also reviewing awards for other possible cadets who were mentioned in news reports.

“However, the immediate focus right now is on supporting the funerals with dignity and honor, so deserved by these cadets and their families,” Maddox told BuzzFeed News in an email.

The military decoration is awarded to JROTC cadets “who perform an act of heroism,” according to the Army, which “must have involved the acceptance of danger and extraordinary responsibilities, exemplifying praiseworthy fortitude and courage.”

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“Amal and I are so inspired by the courage and eloquence of these young men and women from Stoneman Douglas High School,” the couple tell Us Weekly in a statement. “Our family will be there on March 24 to stand side by side with this incredible generation of young people from all over the country, and in the name of our children Ella and Alexander, we’re donating 500,000 dollars to help pay for this groundbreaking event. Our children’s lives depend on it.”

March for Our Lives is a movement created and led by students across the U.S. to demand action on gun control. The group will take to the streets of Washington, D.C., on March 24. “Every kid in this country now goes to school wondering if this day might be their last. We live in fear,” reads the mission statement on the movement’s website. “It doesn’t have to be this way. Change is coming. And it starts now, inspired by and led by the kids who are our hope for the future. Their young voices will be heard.”

As previously reported, former student Nikolas Cruz was arrested and charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder after police said he opened fire with an AR-15 rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, killing 17 students and teachers and injuring 14 others.

The 19-year-old’s attorney Melissa McNeill said she plans to seek a plea deal, with Cruz agreeing to plead guilty to the 17 counts if prosecutors do not seek the death penalty.

This article originally appeared on US Weekly.

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