John Eisenhower — American Soldier born on August 03, 1922, died on December 21, 2013

John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower was a United States Army officer and military historian. As the son of General, later President Dwight D. Eisenhower, his opportunities for front-line service were often restricted, at some cost to his career, though he ended as a decorated brigadier-general. In the administration of President Richard Nixon, his father’s vice-president, he served as United States Ambassador to Belgium... (wikipedia)

Avoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier.
I do not believe that the children of presidents or vice-presidents should be assigned to combat zones. They have no place there.
In the summer of 1952, when I was 30, the Army assigned me to an infantry unit fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, though, there was other news in my family: My father had become the Republican presidential nominee. As an ambitious young major, I refused any offers for other assignments.
The British soldiers serving in Afghanistan alongside Prince Harry were in exceptional danger until he was withdrawn.
My dad being an Army officer, I was just born to it. I was raised in a military manner, and it was a given that Army brats went to West Point, so I went to West Point in 1941. And being in the military has been my life.