Jerod H. Osborne: Army medic saved lives until the end
The Dallas Morning News. The Army trained Spc. Jerod H. Osborne to save lives, and he did.
In May, he was the only medic at the scene when a roadside bomb killed five civilians and critically wounded seven others. He received a Bronze Star for saving the lives of the injured civilians.
On July 5, when his unit was attacked with a similar explosive, his body shielded a lieutenant riding in the front of the vehicle, his family said.
Spc. Osborne, 20, died in the attack in Yakuta, Afghanistan. Spc. Keenan Cooper, 19, of Wahpeton, N.D., also was killed by the blast.
