Warrior of the Week – SSG Scott Kenyon
On May 29, 2009, Staff Sgt. Scott Kenyon was awarded the Silver Star for actions in Anbar Province, Iraq.
Under cover of darkness, Staff Sgt. Scott Kenyon and his squad moved up approximately 200 yards undetected, closing in on two Iraqi insurgents planting a roadside bomb. As Staff Sgt. Kenyon was going around a corner with a row of roadside shops, he was spotted and engaged by one insurgent with a silenced 9mm submachine gun.
Unaware that he was spotted and unable to hear the muffled rounds whizzing through the air, Staff Sgt. Kenyon’s head was suddenly turned to the side by a bullet that struck his Kevlar helmet, and struck a second
time in his chest plate. Upon the impact of the rounds and uninjured, Staff Sgt. Kenyon quickly returned fire hitting both insurgents while continuing to advance. Staff Sgt. Kenyon hit the Iraqi with the submachine gun in his wrist forcing the weapon to clatter away and wrestled him to submission while the other was killed by another squad.
For his exceptional gallantry in action, Staff Sgt. Scott Kenyon is this week’s Warrior-Soldier.
