Staff Sergeant Lincoln V Dockery was recently awarded the Silver Star and a Purple Heart for his heroic actions during the war in Afghanistan.
SSG Dockery is a combat engineer assigned to Company A 173rd Airborne Brigade Special Troops Battalion. SSG Dockery made the decision to charge into the teeth of a close ambush and to keep the charge going despite heavy RPG and rifle fire all around him. SSG Dockery felt that he had to charge the ambush in order to give his unit a fighting chance at survival. He made the right decision and had the guts to carry it out despite being wounded by a grenade. He pressed forward doing what he knew had to be done.
This is just a testament to the character of our military servicemen and women. I try to commemorate military acheivements in this post in order to make it commensurate with the Military Service Rings that are offered. I will always try to find information about our fine troops to share with the public because many people just don’t realize the amount of sacrifice that our soldiers make on a daily basis.
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