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United States Marine (born )

Bradley Allan Kasal (born May 1, ) is a United States Marine who received the Navy Cross for heroic actions performed as the first sergeant of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines during a firefight in Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah, Iraq on November 13, He received the decoration in May during a ceremony at Camp Pendleton, followed by his promotion to sergeant major and reenlistment in the U.S.

Marine Corps. He retired in after nearly thirty-four years of service.^[1]

Career

Iraq War

Actions in Iraq

In a firefight with insurgents in a house in Fallujah, although wounded by seven ×39mm rounds in the legs and hit by more than 43 pieces of hot fragmentation from a grenade while using his body to shield an injured fellow Marine, PFC Alex Nicoll (who was also injured in the legs), First Sergeant Kasal refused to quit fighting and was able to return fire with his M9 pistol, killing at least one insurgent.

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