Fallen Green Beret is awarded Silver Star for actions during 2016 Jordan terror attack
February 1, 2021
Staff Sgt. Jimmy Moriarty
Under fire from a charging gunman, Staff Sgt. Jimmy Moriarty stood and fired his handgun at the M16-wielding assailant who minutes earlier had killed two unarmed Special Forces soldiers.
His actions during the brazen attack on a convoy of U.S. soldiers at the security gate at Jordan’s King Faisal Air Base allowed another Green Beret to slip around a barrier to flank and disable the attacker.
Moriarty was shot twice, including once in the heart, and died on a medical evacuation aircraft over an hour later.
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