14 Facts About Alwyn Cashe

Alwyn Crendall Cashe was a United States Army senior non-commissioned officer who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Iraq.

Alwyn Cashe was born in Sanford, Florida, on July 13,1970.

Alwyn Cashe was raised in Oviedo, Florida, and attended Oviedo High School, graduating in 1988.

Alwyn Cashe enlisted in the United States Army following high school graduation in 1988.

Alwyn Cashe deployed to the former Yugoslavia, earning the Kosovo Campaign Medal.

Alwyn Cashe succumbed to his injuries on November 8,2005, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

On November 10,2020, the Senate passed legislation that cleared the way for Alwyn Cashe to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

Alwyn Cashe's bravery is in keeping with the finest traditions of military heroism and reflect distinct credit upon himself, Task Force DRAGON, the SLEDGEHAMMER Brigade, Task Force LIBERTY, and the United States Army.

Along Route JAIME, the lead Bradley Fighting Vehicle, of which Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe was gunner having just moved from a NMC vehicle, struck a victim detonated pressure-switch IED at grid MC 25357243.

Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe was initially slightly injured and drenched with fuel.

The driver had been burned and Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe extinguished his flames.

Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe stayed a hero through it all.

Alwyn Cashe's actions are in keeping with the finest traditions of military heroism and reflect distinct credit upon himself, Task Force LIBERTY and the United States Army.

When medical evacuation helicopters began to arrive, Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe selflessly refused evacuation until all of the other wounded soldiers were evacuated first.