Medal of Honor recipient Ronald Shurer dies after lengthy struggle with lung cancer
Source: Stars and Stripes
Ronald Shurer, the Green Beret medic awarded the Medal of Honor for aiding the wounded during a six-hour firefight in Afghanistan in 2008, died of lung cancer Thursday. He was 41.
His death was announced by the U.S. Secret Service, for whom Shurer had worked since retiring from the Army in 2009.
Today, we lost an American Hero: Husband, Father, Son, Medal of Honor Recipient Special Agent Ronald J. Shurer II, the Secret Service said in a tweet. From a grateful Nation and Agency your memory and legacy will live on forever.
Shurer was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2017 and had chronicled his treatment and hospitalization on Instagram.
Read more: https://www.stripes.com/news/us/medal-of-honor-recipient-ronald-shurer-dies-after-lengthy-struggle-with-lung-cancer-1.629830
denbot
(9,900 posts)Peace to all that loved him.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)lostnfound
(16,184 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,334 posts)He is a local Hero, lived here in Northern Virginia
Talitha
(6,593 posts)Damn.
RIP
oasis
(49,389 posts)usaf-vet
(6,189 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,489 posts)oldsoftie
(12,555 posts)But you never know until you're in the situation. Most CMH vets will tell you "it just kicked in"