Cpl jason dunham biography
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Marine Cpl. Jason L. Dunham
Died April 22, Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
22, of Scio, N.Y.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, inom Marine Expeditionary Force, at Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died April 22 at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md., of injuries sustained April 14 when he used his body to shield comrades from a grenade explosion in Husaybah, Iraq. He will receive the Medal of Honor.
Marine to receive Medal of Honor
By Gidget Fuentes
Staff writer
President Bush announced today that Cpl. Jason Dunham, who died more than two years ago after covering a grenade with his helmet to save his fellow marinkårssoldater, will receive the Medal of Honor.
This will be the first Medal of Honor &#; the nation&#;s highest award for slagfält heroism &#; bestowed on a Marine in the Iraq war and the first earned for combat action since , during the Vietnam War.
Dunham, a year-old machine gunner from Scio, N.Y., was manning a checkpoint nea
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Corporal Jason Lee Dunham was born in Scio, New York, on November 10, He was a basketball player who graduated from Scio High School in and enlisted in the US Marine Corps shortly after.
He was first sent to Kings Bay, Georgia, before deploying to Iraq with the 7th Marine Regiment in
Corporal Jason Lee Dunham earned a Congressional Medal of Honor on April 14, While supporting another Marine Corps convoy under attack. While bringing the enemy combatants under control, one of the attackers dropped an armed grenade. Corporal Dunham attempted to use his helmet to shield himself and his unit from the shrapnel. He was severely injured by the explosion and evacuated. Corporal Jason Lee Dunham succumbed to his injuries on April 22, , at the National Naval Medical Center.
He rests at Fairlawn Cemetery in Scio, New York.
The USS Jason Dunham, the DDG destroyer, is named in his honor.
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Jason Dunham
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (–)
Jason Dunham | |
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Dunham in , during recruit training. | |
| Nickname(s) | Uno (English: "One") |
| Born | ()November 10, Scio, New York, United States |
| Died | April 22, () (aged&#;22) Bethesda, Maryland, United States |
| Buried | Fairlawn Cemetery |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service / branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Years&#;of service | – |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Unit | Marine Corps Security Force Battalion 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines |
| Battles / wars | Iraq War |
| Awards | Medal of Honor Purple Heart |
Jason Lee Dunham (November 10, – April 22, ) was a corporal in the United States Marine Corps who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while serving with 3rd Battalion 7th Marines during the Iraq War. While on a patrol in Husaybah, his unit was attacked. In the course of the fighting, Dunham deliberately used his helmet and body to cover a live grenade and save ne