grenade rounds on board began to explode. Private First Class Brown continued treatment in the wadi approximately 15 meters from the burning vehicle, at which time the onboard 60-mm. Approximately 15 mortars impacted within close range of the casualties as Private First Class Brown continued treatment. Private First Class Brown threw her own body over the casualties to shield them as the mortars were impacting 75 to 100 meters away.

The enemy fighters then engaged the patrol with mortar fire. After making an initial assessment and treating in order of severity, she moved the casualties with the aid and direction of the Platoon Sergeant, into the wadi the engulfed vehicle was hanging over. She was exposed to the small arms fire until the maneuver element could swing around and begin suppressing the enemy as she treated the wounded Soldiers. The small arms fire began to concentrate on the IED site as the Platoon Medic, Private First Class Brown, moved on foot to evaluate the casualties. The small arms fire was impacting around the lead vehicle which was 300 meters north of the IED site. The patrol began to take small arms fire from the direction of a kholat to the east, approximately 100 meters away. This initiated a planned ambush which commenced after the explosion. The explosion of the fuel tank and cans engulfed the vehicle in an intense fireball.

In the vicinity of 42S VA263021 the trail vehicle, C23, struck a pressure plate IED on the driver's side rear tire, which ignited the fuel tank and fuel cans mounted on the rear of the vehicle. They were in a column formation moving north along Route VIPER. The element consisted of five vehicles: four M1151 Uparmored HMMWV's (UAH) and one Afghan National Army (ANA) Ford Ranger. On that date, 2d Platoon, Charlie Troop, 4th Squadron, 73d Cavalry Regiment, was on a combat patrol moving to Jani Khel, Afghanistan, for a leader engagement with the village elders. The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress J(amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Specialist Monica Lin Brown, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism while serving as a Combat Medic with the 4th Squadron, 73d Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, in action on 25 April 2007.

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