2018 Honorees  

 

SGT Brandon Temple, US Marine Corp

 

SGT Temple joined the Marine in October of 2005. He served in numerous deployments to include Iraq and Afghanistan and has attended multiple advanced infantry schools.  During his time as a Force Recon Marine, his vehicle hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and as a result suffered from a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and sustained multiple injuries to his head, face and body.  Sergeant Temple separated from the Marine Corps in 2015 after 10 years of service.  He is a husband and Purple Heart recipient. 

 

 

SGT Kyle Snyder, US Army

 

SGT Snyder served in the US Navy and the North Carolina Army National Guard.  In October 2012, he was injured in a suicide bombing while serving in Afghanistan. He spent three years in and out of the hospital, including several months at Walter Reed National Military Center in Bethesda, Maryland.  He was medically retired in October 2014.  He is a husband and father to five children and currently works as a Veteran Education Specialist with Wake Tech Community College.

 

 

 

SPC (P) India Sellers, US Army

 

SPC (P) Sellers enlisted in the Army shortly after graduating high school in 2010.  While deployed in Afghanistan in November 2016, she was involved in a suicide bomber attack along with other soldiers and civilians.  She suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and multiple injuries to her head, face, and body.  She had a number of reconstructive surgeries to repair the injuries she sustained and is an ongoing process.  Despite her physical disabilities and limited range of motion she continues to be thankful for her life and her family.  She is a loving daughter, sister and mother to a five year old son.  

 

 

SPC Justin Grosos, US Army

 

SPC Grosos is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC.   In December 2016 he went on his first year long deployment to Iraq.  During that time, he missed the birth of his first child and lost his child hood best friend in a motorcycle accident.  The day before he was scheduled to leave Iraq, he and other members of his squad hit an improvised explosive device (IED) and knocked out unconscious.  He thought only of meeting his son and was able to wake up and escape the fire that surrounded him.  He lost two friends in that attack.  He is a Purple Heart recipient, husband, and father.

                                                                      

 

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