(CNN) A retired Army staff sergeant who received the Medal of Honor in 2018 for his treatment and evacuation of fellow US soldiers while taking fire from enemy combatants in Afghanistan has died, his wife confirmed. Former Army medic Staff Sgt. Ronald Shurer II died on Thursday morning at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, due to lung cancer, his wife Miranda Shurer told CNN. Shurer received the Medal of Honor in 2018 from President Donald Trump in recognition of his bravery in 2008. "I just hold on to what an amazing man he was," Miranda Shurer said in an interview.

Source: CNN May 15, 2020 15:45 UTC