Home Building / Adaptation Projects in Tennessee
Ben Maenza
Branch: Marine
Rank: Lance Corporal
Home: Nashville, TN
Marine Lance Corporal Benjamin Maenza was 3 weeks into his first deployment when he lost both of his legs and suffered injuries to his arm as the result of a bomb blast in Sangin, Afghanistan on October 21, 2010. While on foot patrol, Maenza and his team crossed a river and began making their way along the other side when a pressure plated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was triggered after being stepped on.
Andrew Wilson
Branch: Army
Rank: Specialist
Home: Brentwood, TN
Army SPC Andrew Wilson was on his first deployment when he suffered the amputations of his right leg below the knee, and his left leg above the knee, after stepping on an IED while on a foot patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan on October 19, 2011. While patrolling in an area that had been the location of an IED explosion 3 days earlier, SPC Wilson was part of the team clearing the “Red Zone”.
Heath Calhoun
Branch: Army
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Home: Clarksville, TN
SSG Heath Calhoun served in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division. He was severely injured when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his Humvee on November 7, 2003, resulting in the amputation of both his legs above the knee.
Luis Rodriguez
Branch: Army
Rank: Master Sergeant
Home: Clarksville, TN
MSG Luis Rodriguez an Army Medic of 101st Airborne Division, Rodriquez home afterFort Campbell, KY, was the recipient of an "Extreme Makeover" to his house, from the ABC show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Homes for Our Troops was invited by the show's star, Ty Pennington, to receive donations from the old house.
