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SEATTLE — President Bar ack Obama will award the Medal of Honor to a Washington state-based Army sergeant who lost his hand in Afghanistan when he tried to toss an enemy grenade away from himself and two colleagues.
Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry will be the second living, active-duty service member to receive the nation’s highest military decoration for actions in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars.
Petry is being recognized for his courageous actions in May 2008, a White House statement said Tuesday.
The 31-year-old native of Santa Fe will receive the medal in a ceremony July 12, the statement said.
