Kyle J. White

Kyle Jerome White (born March 27, 1987) is an American financial analyst and former United States Army soldier. He is the seventh living recipient of the Medal of Honor from the War in Afghanistan. He enlisted in the United States Army on February 15, 2006, attending basic training, advanced individual training, as well the United States Army Airborne School consecutively, at Fort Benning. During the Battle of Aranas on November 9, 2007, White suffered a mild traumatic brain injury from a rocket-propelled grenade blast and from the subsequent blast of a 120 mm mortar round fired by United States forces. He was later diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, but says he copes with its symptoms by exercising. On May 14, 2014, White received the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony, for administering life-saving medical aid to comrades and for radioing situational reports; The following day, White was inducted into the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes by Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work.