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Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, stand in formation during a Silver Star Medal award ceremony for Sgt. Wade Wilson here, March 14, 2013. Wilson, a native of Centerville, Texas, was posthumously awarded the nation's third highest award for valor for sacrificing his life to protect a wounded Marine from AK-47 fire in Musa Qa'leh district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 11, 2012. Wilson drew his M-9 service pistol and advanced towards an insurgent, sustaining multiple gunshot wounds before driving the enemy from his position.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Harrer)
| Date Taken: | 03.14.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 03.14.2013 18:13 |
| Photo ID: | 886902 |
| VIRIN: | 130314-M-XZ121-006 |
| Resolution: | 5184x3456 |
| Size: | 5.42 MB |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 137 |
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Marine, leader, friend remembered during memorial
The ultimate sacrifice: Texas Marine awarded Silver Star posthumously
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