Cuba Gooding Jr.

It’s Memorial Day Monday, a day to honor those men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. It’s also a great time to have a Barbecue or go on a three-day weekend, no judging.

In honor of the Holiday, we’ve rounded up the celebs that have played real life war heroes in movies. I’m not a war hero, but I play one on TV…or something like that.

Tom Hanks as Capt. John H. Miller in “Saving Private Ryan”: Loosely based on the real-life story of the Niland brothers, Tom Hanks character is on a mission to find Private Ryan, who plays the only surviving member of the fictionalized Niland brothers during WWII. Hanks finds him, but dies when Private Ryan tells him to defend a risky bridge in France instead of saving him.