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Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti

Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama on Sept. 17, 2009. Monti, who served at Fort Bragg at one point, was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while trying to save a comrade in the Afghan mountains June 21, 2006. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)