Jereme Sawyer
…Stryker Brigade Combat Team attached to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Division. On April 3, 2012, during his second deployment in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Sergeant Sawyer was struck by a reverse pressure plate improvised explosive device (IED). The IED was buried below a t-wall barrier, and was detonated when the t-wall was lifted off the ground. The IED blew when SGT Sawyer was walking next to the t-wall, overseeing its removal. SGT Sawyer’s right leg was severed immediately and his…
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