page_title: Kyle J. White
section_title: Medal of Honor
hierarchical_section_title: Kyle J. White / Military service / Medal of Honor
caption_attribution_description: English: Former Army Sgt. Kyle Jerome White receiving Medal of Honor from U.S. President Barack Obama on May 13, 2014.
context_page_description: Kyle Jerome White is an American financial analyst and former United States Army soldier. He is the seventh living recipient of the Medal of Honor from the War in Afghanistan.
context_section_description: Prior to the event that lead to the awarding of the Medal of Honor, White noticed that during a Shura "it seemed like every male fighting-age and above was there in attendance." Half an hour later he and his unit were under attack. During the Battle of Aranas on 9 November 2007, White suffered a mild traumatic brain injury from a Rocket-propelled grenade blast and from the subsequent blast of a 120mm mortar round fired by United States forces. Although injured himself, White provided assistance to the soldiers and Marines around him while under heavy fire. He was later diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, but says he copes with its symptoms by exercising. Through 2014, White's face still had bullet fragments from an AK-47 round that shattered on a rock in front of him.
  After the battle, paperwork regarding a potential Medal of Honor awarding was delayed in the Pentagon. On 14 May 2014, White received the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony, for administering life saving medical aid to comrades and for radioing situational reports; that battle resulted in five soldiers and a Marine being killed and all eight surviving Americans being wounded. White became the seventh living recipient of the Medal of Honor from either the Iraq War or Afghanistan operations. The following day, White was inducted into the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes by Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work.
caption: White receiving the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama on 13 May 2014, for his actions in Afghanistan on November 9, 2007[6]
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