FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- John Hawes remembers with vivid clarity the hail of gunfire and rocket propelled grenades that rained down on his position on a ridgeline in Gowardesh, Nuristan Province ...

in Gowardesh, Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan. Monti was posthumously promoted to sergeant first class. His name is slated to be enrolled among other Medal of Honor recipients at the ...

On June 18, 2006 Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti led 16 fellow soldiers on a mission up a mountainside into enemy territory near Gowardesh in northeastern Afghanistan. The soldiers, all forward ...

Jared C. Monti for "conspicuous gallantry." Monti, 30, was serving with the 10th Mountain Division when he was killed in a battle at Gowardesh, Afghanistan. This will be the sixth occasion since Sept.