Date of Incident06/14/2007
ConflictOperation Iraqi Freedom: 3/20/2003 - 8/21/2010
RankSpecialist 4th Class
UnitDelta Troop, 4th Cavalry Regiment
StatusWounded in Action
I was a gunner in a 5-ton lead truck heading back to our base. We were hit by a double stacked antitank mine which totaled the truck and flipping it into a culvert. All 3 of the crew lost consciousness. and today I suffer from a traumatic brain injury, had a hip surgery, knee injuries, spinal injury, and ptsd.
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