{"id":22329,"date":"2019-11-07T02:50:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T02:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/07\/5-marines-receive-purple-hearts-from-october-taliban-rocket-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:25:39","slug":"5-marines-receive-purple-hearts-from-october-taliban-rocket-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/military-honor\/2019\/11\/07\/5-marines-receive-purple-hearts-from-october-taliban-rocket-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Marines receive Purple Hearts after an October Taliban rocket attack in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Five Marines have received Purple Hearts for shrapnel injuries they received during a Taliban rocket attack<\/a> in Afghanistan on the afternoon of Oct. 22, according to awards citations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six Americans received shrapnel injuries during the 2:50 p.m. attack, according to citations received by Marine Corps Times Wednesday via a Freedom of Information Act request with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll six casualties were MEDEVAC\u2019d to contingency location Shorab Role II Medical Facility for immediate medical attention and were subsequently transferred to Kandahar Role III Medical Treatment Facility for follow-on care,\u201d according to the award citations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four of the Marines involved were on active duty, while the fifth was a reservist activated for the deployment, the citations said. Four of the Marines were assigned to Task Force Southwest, with another assigned to the Marine Corps Forces Central Command\u2019s Afghanistan coordination element.<\/p>\n\n\n\t