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Old 10 June 2019, 17:10
bobmueller bobmueller is offline
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Staff Sgt. David G. Bellavia

SSG Bellavia will receive the Medal of Honor 25 June at the White House for his heroism during the second battle of Fallujah on 10 November 2004, making him the first living Medal of Honor recipient for the Iraq War.

SSG Bellavia, then serving with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment,1st Infantry Division, was clearing a block of houses when his platoon became pinned down by enemy fire.

His Silver Star citation for the same action

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/10/polit...war/index.html

Well done, sir.
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