Daniel R. Gionet

Died: June 4, 2006

Rank: Sergeant

Unit: 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Sergeant Daniel R. Gionet was killed June 4, 2006, when the tank in which he was riding hit an explosive device near Taji, Iraq. The 24-year-old had been serving as a medic with the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, out of Fort Hood, Texas. After being wounded, he tended to those around him. When a medical unit arrived, Gionet, apparently unconcerned with the severity of his own wounds, directed them to treat his lieutenant first. “Don’t deal with me,” he said, moments before dying. “Go help the lieutenant. He’s in greater danger than me.” Gionet was buried with full military honors at Gibson Cemetery in Massa­chusetts, just across the state line from his home town of Pelham, New Hampshire.