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Ross Andrew McGinnis (June 14, 1987 – December 4, 2006) was a United States Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest decoration for bravery, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Iraq War.
Specialist Ross A. McGinnis. Operation Iraqi Freedom. On 4 December 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq, while serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, he threw himself upon a grenade that was thrown into his HMMWV gun truck, saving the lives of the other four crewmen. Private First Class Ross A. McGinnis was posthumously promoted to ...
The palace was reoccupied during the "Surge" of 2006-2007 and was then known as Joint Security Station Apache. SPC Ross McGinnis, assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, and stationed at JSS Apache, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Adhamiyah neighborhood. He threw ...
A soldier who went missing in action during an aquatic mission in World War II has been accounted for, military officials said Tuesday. U.S. Army Pfc. Robert L. Bryant, 23, was assigned to Company ...
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is bringing the name Bragg back to one of the Army’s largest bases, Fort Liberty, which replaced the namesake of a Confederate general in 2023.
See the story of Pfc. Ross McGinnis who jumped on a grenade and saved four of his comrades in Iraq. He was a turret gunner in a Humvee and could have easily jumped out of the vehicle to save his own life, but instead he made the ultimate sacrifice. Yet he didn’t win the Medal of Honor for that action. McGinnis was awarded the Silver Star Medal.
The Aviation Archeology database lists USAAF Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando 44-77948 [83] of the 811th Base Unit, Lawson Field, Georgia, piloted by William A. Ross, as crashing due to weather six miles (9.7 km) southeast of Oak Ridge, Mississippi, on this date. [84] "