An Army Ranger from New Mexico who lost his hand throwing a grenade away from two fellow soldiers in Afghanistan will become one of only two living service members awarded the elite Medal of Honor in the current round of conflicts, Army officials said Thursday.
Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry, who will receive the nation’s highest award for valor from President Obama on July 12, continued to bark orders at his junior enlistees even as he was being bandaged at the scene of a 45-minute fight with insurgents, members of his unit told reporters.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/10/nation/la-na-medal-of-honor-20110610
Here is his profile on the Army’s MOH site.
VFW Post 2713 | Farwell-Roosevelt 