Troy David Jenkins, 25
Jenkins was mortally wounded when he threw himself on a cluster bomb that a 7-year-old Iraqi girl was playing with, protecting the child and his fellow soldiers. He died five days later in Germany. Jenkins grew up in Alabama. He had plans to join the California Highway Patrol after leaving the service.
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