Three soldiers to be awarded Medals of Honor

Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe died from burns he sustained in Iraq in 2005. He was pulling 7 people one-by-one from a tank that caught on fire after it hit an IED.

Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee is a Green Beret who fended off multiple attackers who had blown a hole in his base’s perimeter in Afghanistan in 2013.

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz, an Army Ranger, was killed in 2018 while providing security for a medical evacuation flight also in Afghanistan.

The awards will represent the 19^th and 20^th Medals of Honor for actions in Afghanistan and the 7^th for the Iraqi theatre.