FORT LEWIS, Wash. -- Twelve members of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division Stryker Brigade Combat Team who were wounded in action in Iraq will receive Purple Heart medals in a ceremony Friday at Fort Lewis, army officials said.
The medals will be presented at the American Lake Club to the following:
-Master Sgt, David Camacho, 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery
-1st. Sgt. Gerardo AVILA-Rodriguez, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment
-Sgt. 1st Class James Grove, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment
-Staff Sgt. James Grove, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment
-Sgt. Chauncey Sprengler, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment
-Sgt. Richard Hanson, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment
-Spc. Alex Cassell, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment
-Pvt. Kenneth Purdue, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment
-1st Lt. Pat Evans, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment
-Sgt. Jeffrey Bojanowski, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment
-Staff Sgt. Armando Mejia, 25th Brigade Support Battalion
-Spc. Damon Gossett, 25th Brigade Support Battalion
All the soldiers are being treated as out patients at Madigan Army Medical Center.