Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe and his soldiers were on patrol in Samarra, Iraq, on Oct. 17, 2005, when their Bradley Fighting Vehicle hit an IED. Drenched in fuel, his uniform burned off his body, Cashe crawled out of the Bradley. Ignoring the flames searing his flesh and the rattle of enemy gunfire, Cashe went back into the vehicle again and again, pulling out every one of his six soldiers from the wreckage. Three weeks later, on Nov. 8, with second- and third-degree burns over more than 70 percent of his body, Cashe died at San Antonio Military Medical Center in Texas.
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