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A memorial dedicated to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Cowdrey, stands on Forward Operating Base Fenty, in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, May 28, 2012. Cowdrey was a flight medic assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade's "All-American Dustoff," Gypsy platoon. Cowdrey died Oct. 13, 2011 while saving coalition forces injured by enemy fire near the Pakistan border.

A memorial dedicated to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Cowdrey, stands on Forward Operating Base Fenty, in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, May 28, 2012. Cowdrey was a flight medic assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade's "All-American Dustoff," Gypsy platoon. Cowdrey died Oct. 13, 2011 while saving coalition forces injured by enemy fire near the Pakistan border.

A memorial dedicated to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Cowdrey, stands on Forward Operating Base Fenty, in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, May 28, 2012. Cowdrey was a flight medic assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade's "All-American Dustoff," Gypsy platoon. Cowdrey died Oct. 13, 2011 while saving coalition forces injured by enemy fire near the Pakistan border.

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