- SURNAME
Wise
- FORENAME
Benjamin Brian
- UNIT
1 SF Group (Company A,3 Bn)
- RANK
Sergeant First Class
- NUMBER
- DATE OF DEATH
15th January 2012
- AGE
34
- GRAVESITE
Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, Suffolk, Suffolk City, Virginia, USA. Section 4, Row 26, Site 16
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from El Dorado,Arkansas or Little Rock,Arkansas
husband of Traci Wise (3 children)
brother of Jeremy Jason Wise (former Navy Seal),killed as contractor 30.12.2009 Afghanistan
graduated West Side Christian High School 1995
entered service November 2000
520 Infantry Regiment (2 Infantry Division) 2001
Iraq 2003-04
SF training 2005-08
1 SF Group (3 Bn)
1 tour of Iraq and 2 of Afghanistan
awards Bronze Star,Army Commendation Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters
award second Bronze Star posthumously
WIA 9.1.2012 Konduz Province,Afghanistan
DOW Landstuhl Regional Medical Center,Germany
DATE OF DEATH:
15-Jan-2012AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/wise-benjamin-brian.41239/CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant First Class Benjamin Brian Wise, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against an armed hostile force while serving with Company A, 3d Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan, on 9 January 2012. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/104692
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