{"id":120692,"date":"2021-12-15T13:08:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T18:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=120692"},"modified":"2021-12-15T13:08:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T18:08:41","slug":"sergeant-first-class-alwyn-cashe-medal-of-honor-recipient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=120692","title":{"rendered":"Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe, Medal of Honor recipient"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe<\/p><\/div>\n

One of this site’s favorite heroes, US Army Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe, will be receiving his posthumous Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony tomorrow. This concludes a 16 year fight to get him the recognition he so well deserves. I wrote about Cashe for a Valor Friday<\/a> piece a while back, which details the incredible, and ultimately fatal, heroism the platoon sergeant displayed in Iraq.<\/p>\n

For those inclined to watch the proceedings, the event will be live-streamed here https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/webcast\/27857.<\/a>\u00a0It will begin at 1330 EST 16 December, 2021.<\/p>\n

Here is the Army’s write up on Cashe; https:\/\/www.army.mil\/medalofhonor\/cashe\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Also being awarded Medals of Honor at tomorrow’s ceremony are Master Sergeant Earl Plumlee (a Green Beret), who you can read about here<\/a>, and Sergeant First Class Christopher Celiz (an Army Ranger), a posthumous award, which you can read about here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both Cashe’s and Plumlee’s awards are upgrades from previously awarded Silver Stars. Celiz’s award appears to be an upgrade from a Bronze Star Medal for Valor. Prior to the above listed information from the Army, the details of Celiz’s actions went un-reported. All three men have most definitely should have been appropriately honored sooner.<\/p>\n

These men truly lived and exemplify the mottos of their respective units.<\/p>\n