Marshall Kennedy
Branch: Marine
Rank: Sergeant
Home: Fayetteville, AR

Marine Sergeant Marshall Kennedy was on his fourth deployment when he lost both of his legs and suffered severe damage to his left arm after stepping on an IED in Sangin, Afghanistan on June 13, 2011. The Squad Leader on a routine clearance mission, Sgt. Kennedy and his team were informed by Afghan locals that a weapons cache was in a compound nearby.

Marco A. Robledo, Jr.
Branch: Army
Rank: Sergeant
Home: Clarksville, AR

Army SGT Marco Robledo was on his first deployment when he was left a double amputee after an IED explosion in Taji, Iraq in May 2007. The third HUMMVEE in a five vehicle route clearing patrol, SGT Robledo was the gunner in the turret when the vehicle rolled over a pressure plated IED; the explosion tearing through the vehicle.