Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: The first medal was awarded on 16 January 2009 to Trooper Mark Donaldson , for the rescue of a coalition forces interpreter from heavy fire in Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan .
Simplified: Donaldson won the medal for bravery in Afghanistan in September 2008 . The medal was given to him in a ceremony on January 16 , 2009 .