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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   October 9, 2007

No. 07-158

KANSAS GUARDSMAN TO RECEIVE PURPLE HEART MEDAL OCT. 10

Spc. Sean P. McCoy will receive a Purple Heart medal on Wednesday, Oct. 10, for wounds received in action while serving in Iraq. Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, the adjutant general, will make the presentation at 4 p.m. in Room 115 of Nickell Armory, 2722 S. Topeka Blvd., Topeka.

McCoy was wounded Nov. 28, 2004, while serving in Iraq with the 74th Quartermaster Company, a now-deactivated Kansas National Guard unit. McCoy was medically discharged from the Army following his combat tour. The Department of Defense awarded the honor to McCoy on May 3, 2007.


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