{"id":1133,"date":"2021-01-24T15:21:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T22:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2021-01-24T15:21:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T22:21:27","slug":"army-sgt-cameron-meddock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/24\/army-sgt-cameron-meddock\/","title":{"rendered":"Army SGT Cameron Meddock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sgt. Cameron Meddock<\/h1>\n

Died January 17, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom\u2019s Sentinel<\/h2>\n
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26, of Spearman, Texas, died Jan. 17 in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained from small-arms fire Jan. 13 in Badghis Province, Afghanistan.\u00a0Meddock was an Army Ranger serving with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. \u200b<\/p>\n

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An Army Ranger wounded in northwest Afghanistan on Sunday has died.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Cameron Meddock, 26, died Thursday in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained from small-arms fire Jan. 13 in Badghis Province, Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

This was his second deployment in support of NATO\u2019s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Meddock was an Army Ranger serving with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. \u200b<\/p>\n

\u201cSergeant Cameron Meddock is one of America\u2019s precious sons. The entire nation should strive to emulate the warrior, patriot and husband that Cameron was,” Col. Brandon Tegtmeier, commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment, said in a statement. \u201cThe 75th Ranger Regiment will forever honor Sergeant Cameron Meddock, and his family will forever be a member of our Ranger family.\u201d<\/p>\n

A native of Spearman, Texas, Meddock enlisted in the Army on Nov. 14, 2014.<\/p>\n

He completed one-station unit training as an infantryman, the Basic Airborne Course and Ranger Assessment and Selection at Fort Benning, Georgia.<\/p>\n

Following successful completion of RASP, Meddock was assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, where he served as a machine gunner, automatic rifleman, gun team leader and, most recently, as a fire team leader.<\/p>\n

Meddock\u2019s awards and decorations include the Purple Heart, the Joint Service Commendation for Combat, the Army Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with campaign star, the Ranger Tab, the Parachutist Badge, the Expert Infantryman Badge and the Combat Infantryman Badge.<\/p>\n

Badghis Province, where Meddock was wounded, has been one of the more stable regions in northwest Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press, the largest news agency in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

In recent years, however, anti-government groups like the Islamic State-Khurasan \u2014 ISIS’ Afghan-based offshoot \u2014 have developed a foothold in some of Badghis’ remote districts.<\/p>\n

At least 10 ISIS-K militants were killed during an operation in northeastern Badghis, Khaama Press reported Jan. 13.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sgt. Cameron Meddock Died January 17, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom\u2019s Sentinel 26, of Spearman, Texas, died Jan. 17 in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained from small-arms fire Jan. 13 in Badghis Province, Afghanistan.\u00a0Meddock was an Army Ranger serving with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. \u200b ——- […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2021honorees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1134,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133\/revisions\/1134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}