Jared Monti of Raynham was killed in Afghanistan in 2006. A memorial (below) at Fort Drum bears his name.
(The Monti Family (Above); Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff (Below))
He could not leave a comrade behind
Sgt. Jared C. Monti of Raynham, who braved fatal fire in Afghanistan, will receive the nation’s highest honor
Jared Monti of Raynham was killed in Afghanistan in 2006. A memorial (below) at Fort Drum bears his name.
(The Monti Family (Above); Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff (Below))
The sound of feet shuffling in the woods, high on a ridge in remote Afghanistan, was the only warning that Sergeant Jared C. Monti and the 15 men under his command were about to be attacked. Before they could even react, they were bombarded with rocket-propelled grenades and machine-gun fire. (Full article: 2753 words)
This article is available in our archives:
Globe Subscribers
FREE for subscribers
Subscribers to the Boston Globe get unlimited access to our archives.
Not a subscriber?
Non-Subscribers
Purchase an electronic copy of the full article. Learn More
- $4.95 1 article
- $9.95 4 articles
- $25.95 Monthly
Waiting for Twitter to feed in the latest...