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Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer II: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know


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Oct. 1 2018

A combat medic will receive the Medal of Honor, the highest military honor awarded, for “conspicuous gallantry.”

Staff Sgt. Ronald Shurer II was a medic with the 3rd Special Forces Group Airborne in Afghanistan went he went above and beyond the call of duty in April of 2008. Shurer aided “four critically wounded U.S. and 10 injured commandos under intense fire during combat in Afghanistan. At least twice, he dashed into the open to treat a wounded soldier,” it was reported in 2009.

Shurer was originally awarded the Silver Star but that awarded was upgraded upon further review, the Military Times reported.

He will be honored at a White House ceremony Oct. 1.

Here’s what you need to know:

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