Monica Lin Brown

BirthMay 241988

Monica Lin Brown

Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant

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When
Tuesday, May 24 198838 years ago
Category
BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Era
20th century · 1980s
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Person
Monica Lin Brown

At a glance

Born 1988-05-24.

Known as: combat medic. Citizenship: United States.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Monica Lin Brown is a United States Army sergeant and medic who became the first woman during the War in Afghanistan and only the second woman since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the United States military's third-highest medal for valor in combat.

Path and career

Awards / honours: Silver Star.

Career In April 2007, after a roadside bomb detonated near a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia Province of Afghanistan, Private First Class Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers by running through insurgent gunfire to reach the wounded and then using her body to shield them while mortar rounds fell nearby. [ 1 ] Because women were not formally allowed to participate directly in combat at the time, Brown was pulled back to the base at Khost shortly after the incident. [ 2 ] Brown,

Why this date

Monica Lin Brown appears on our May 24 calendar for 1988 as a birth entry.

May 24 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1988Monica Lin Brown
  2. 2000Southern Lebanon
  3. 2002Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
  4. 2006An Inconvenient Truth
  5. 2014Islamic extremism
  6. 20142014 Aegean Sea earthquake
  7. 2014Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting
  8. 20192019 Surat fire
  9. 2019Brexit
  10. 2022Uvalde school shooting
  11. 20262026 Quetta train bombing

Also in 1988

  • September 9Vietnam Airlines Flight 831Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in Khu Khot, Thailand, while on approach to Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.
  • March 14Johnson South Reef skirmishChina defeated Vietnam in a naval altercation while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly Islands.
  • September 12Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
  • September 13Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), making it th…
  • September 188888 UprisingThe 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
  • September 18Henri NamphyGeneral Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.
  • September 18Magna Charta UniversitatumThe Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rec…
  • August 10Civil Liberties Act of 1988The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.

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May 24 1988 — 38 years ago, on a Tuesday.

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