Example reports
These public examples cover well-documented service members whose stories are already public record. They show what a report contains: a summary, a map, a dated timeline, original records and sources. Reports about your family stay private unless you choose to share them.
Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr.
A Ho-Chunk soldier from Hatfield, Wisconsin, Red Cloud served with the Marine Raiders in World War II and later joined the Army. Near Chonghyon, Korea, on 5 November 1950, he warned his…
Read the example report ▸Capt. Lance P. Sijan
An Air Force Academy graduate and F-4C pilot, Sijan was shot down over Laos on 9 November 1967. Badly injured, he evaded capture for about six weeks, escaped once after he was caught, and…
Read the example report ▸Capt. Michael Scott Speicher
An F/A-18 pilot flying from USS Saratoga, Lt. Cmdr. Speicher was shot down over Iraq on the first night of Operation Desert Storm, 17 January 1991, the first American loss of the war. His…
Read the example report ▸MA2 Michael A. Monsoor
A Navy SEAL with SEAL Team 3, Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Monsoor fought in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006. On 29 September 2006 he smothered an enemy grenade to protect his teammates and was killed.…
Read the example report ▸Lt. Michael P. Murphy
Lt. Murphy led a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, during Operation Red Wings. Surrounded on 28 June 2005, he moved into the open to radio for help and was…
Read the example report ▸Sgt. Nicole L. Gee
Sgt. Gee, of Combat Logistics Battalion 24, helped screen evacuees at Kabul's airport in August 2021. She was one of 13 U.S. service members killed in the Abbey Gate bombing on 26 August…
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