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Michael A. Monsoor, 25
Navy, Petty Officer 2nd Class
Based:
Coronado, Calif.
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
September 29, 2006
Ramadi,
Iraq
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One of the survivors puts it this way, 'Mikey looked death in the face that day and said, 'You cannot take my brothers, I will go in their stead.'
— President Bush, Medal of Honor ceremony
On the last day of his life, on a rooftop in Ramadi, Monsoor was assigned to protect three SEAL snipers. When a grenade lobbed from the street bounced off his chest, he yelled, "Grenade!" and pounced on it even though he had a clear path of escape.
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1 memory of Michael
I go to Garden Grove High School. Never had a chance to know him because I'm class of 2010. His memorial are hanging in the Hall of Fame at GGHS. Very brave man. God be with him
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