{"id":1402,"date":"2011-12-21T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2011-12-15T16:21:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T16:21:24","slug":"sfc-leroy-petry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2011\/12\/sfc-leroy-petry.html","title":{"rendered":"SFC Leroy Petry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2011\/12\/petry2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1444\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2011\/12\/petry2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Military Heroes &#8211; U.S.\u00a0 Army<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>SFC Leroy Petry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\nOn May 26, 2008, Staff Sergeant Leroy A. Petry, as a member of a Ranger helicopter assault force conducting a daylight rotary wing raid in the vicinity of Paktya, Afghanistan, distinguished himself conspicuously and with gallantry and intrepidness, by risking his life above and beyond the call of duty, during an extremely close and violent engagement with an extraordinarily determined and well armed enemy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfive.net\/main\/2011\/07\/staff-sgt-petry-during-a-re-enlistment-ceremony-at-fort-lewis-wash-in-may-of-2010-left-to-right-staff-sgt-petry.html\">Click here<\/a><\/strong> for photos and Sgt. Petry&#8217;s MOH citation.<\/p>\n<p>For videos of media interviews with Sergeant Petry,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfive.net\/main\/2011\/07\/sfc-leroy-a-petry-recipient-of-the-moh-talks-to-the-media.html\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a video of Sgt. Petry\u2019s teammates talking about the fight,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfive.net\/main\/2011\/06\/moh-nominee-teammates-talk-about-the-fight-.html\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Provided courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Blackfive.net\"><strong>Blackfive.net<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Heroes &#8211; U.S.\u00a0 Army SFC Leroy Petry On May 26, 2008, Staff Sergeant Leroy A. 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