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|branch= |serviceyears= 1993 - 2006 |rank= 20px Sergeant First Class |commands= |unit= 25px 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment 30px 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division |battles= War in Afghanistan |awards= 30px Medal of Honor 30px Bronze Star 30px Purple Heart |laterwork= }} Jared Christopher Monti (September 20, 1975 – June 21, 2006) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Afghanistan. Monti was deployed with his unit when they were attacked by a group of enemy insurgents. When another soldier was wounded, Monti attempted to rescue him three times and was killed in action. The President signed the authorization for Monti to receive the Medal of Honor and the medal was presented to his family in a ceremony at the White House in 2009. It was the first Medal of Honor presentation during Obama's presidency. Monti was the sixth person from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to be awarded the Medal of Honor. ==Early life== Monti was born in Abington, Massachusetts, on September 20, 1975, to Paul, a school teacher, and Janet Monti.〔 He grew up in Raynham, Massachusetts and even as a child the adventurous character that would later earn him the Medal of Honor was, military . As a four-year-old, he disappeared from the backyard one day, and his mother found him later on hanging by the hood of his sweatshirt on the other side of the fence. On another occasion, a migraine headache kept him home from school, but he left the house and was later found climbing a tree. In 1994 he graduated from Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School at the age of 18.〔 Monti had two siblings, a sister, Nicole and a brother, Timothy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jared C. Monti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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