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Apr-26-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

Former Bamberg County administrator awarded Purple Heart for act of bravery
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By LISA B. STOKES, T&D Bamberg Correspondent

BAMBERG -- A former Bamberg County administrator was awarded the Purple Heart Friday as he lay in a hospital bed at Camp Diamondback in Mosul, Iraq.

Donnie Delk, 33, a first lieutenant and company commander of the 268 ENGR DET HQ out of McCrady Training Center in Eastover and the son of Donnie and Mary Ann Delk of Bamberg, received second- and third-degree burns on his face and hands when his convoy was attacked near the Tigris River last week. Delk sustained the burns after the ambush when he crawled over a burning Humvee to provide aid to two wounded soldiers. News of Delk's act of bravery has been reported across the U.S.

During his deployment in Iraq, Delk has been assigned to South Carolina's 268th engineer firefighters detachment that is assigned to the 133rd ENGR BN (HVY).

Delk and his wife, Liz, and their two sons, Jacob, 3, and Ryan, 1, live in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., where he is the county manager of Halifax County, N.C. His wife planned to fly to Delk's bedside in Germany.

Matthew Delk e-mailed his family the day after the attack to let them know what had happened.
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