Sgt. 1st Class Jared C. Monti

President Barack Obama awarded his first Medal of Honor on Sept. 17 posthumously to Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared C. Monti, who died in 2006 while trying to rescue a wounded soldier during a firefight in Afghanistan. The man and a medic later died when a helicopter cable snapped.

Media reports said Monti, of Raynham, Mass., was leading a patrol near the Pakistani border when they were attacked.

Portrait of Valor: Hero of Afghanistan, Sgt. Jared Monti Wins Medal of Honor Posthumously

Killed Trying to Rescue Injured Comrade Three Times, Soldier Receives Top Honor

abcnews.com Sept. 17, 2009

Media reports said members of the Army 10th Mountain Division who served with Monti attended the award ceremony. His parents, Paul and Janet Monti, accepted the Medal of Honor from Obama.

View photos of the ceremony at www.sunherald.com.

Six men have been awarded the Medal of Honor for service in Iraq and Afghanistan.