Staff Sgt. Benjamin Colt Floyd, of Durant, Okla., recently received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.
Floyd, formerly of Clarendon, received a Purple Heart medal for wounds received in action on Sept. 15, 2011, and he received a Bronze Star for exceptionally meritorious service in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from March 30, 2011, to March 27, 2012.
Floyd is a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry and he has used the Oklahoma Army National Guard Tuition Fee Waiver to attend Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Okla. This was Floyd’s second deployment with his previous deployment to Afghanistan with the 1st Battalion, 180th Infantry in 2006-2007.
Floyd has been in the Oklahoma Army National Guard for more than 10 years. He was one of more the 2,200 Oklahoma Army National Guard soldiers to serve in Afghanistan for the past eight months.
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