NIGHTSTALKERS Buchanan, Bobby W.

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Buchanan
  • FORENAME
Bobby W.
  • UNIT
3 Bn
  • RANK
Sergeant
  • NUMBER
  • AWARD
Distinguished Flying Cross
  • PLACE
Afghanistan 14th September 2011
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 

CITATION:

Distinguished Flying Cross : Sergeant Bobby W. Buchanan, United States Army, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan 14 September 2011. On that date he was a member of one of two aircraft dispatched to recover a Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician who had been badly injured by an antipersonnel IED in a very active region with a large confirmed insurgent presence. The technician was successfully recovered and, despite the loss of his leg, received life-saving medical treatment.

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https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/97372
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