As Veterans Day approaches this story is especially exciting. Specialist Dillon Bergstad, a 2003 North Bend High School graduate says he doesn’t fully remember the events that lead to being awarded the Silver Star…
He was providing overwatch security for a route clearance element in Afghanistan’s Zerok District when 20 to 25 insurgents attacked the patrol.
During the battle that followed, Bergstad was knocked out of his turret three times by enemy fire. The first time his truck was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade. The second time he was shot through the right biceps by an armor-piercing incendiary round. Bergstad was thrown from his vehicle a third time when his vehicle was again struck by a rocket-propelled grenade. Each time he fought his way back into the turret to continue fighting.
His fellow soldiers provided the details and it is very nice to see this young man honored.
