"LCpl. John Baldonado - 3rd Platoon Echo Company 2nd Battalion 5th Marines - holds the citation read detailing his actions meriting recognition after being awarded the Navy Achievement Medal with a Combat ""V"" for Valor during a ceremony at the company's base - the ""Snake Pit"" - on January 9, 2005 in Ramadi, Iraq. The ceremony also saw three other members of his company awarded Purple Hearts for wounds received in combat."
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