“When was he wounded?”
The people you mention are heroes.
In war “hero” is used very inclusively.
You could argue that true heroes are those who showed extraordinary courage and possibly saved others’ lives while risking and possibly losing their own.
You saw what happened when Trump claimed that McCain wasn’t a hero because he was just an unlucky guy that was shot down and imprisoned.
I think McCain and Bush were both heroes.
Do you think McCain wasn’t a hero?
Benedict Arnold was more of a hero than John McCain.