Fort Benning

U.S. Army SSG Duane Enderle, son of Kay and Duane Enderle of Hagerstown, received the Bronze Star for exceptional valorous conduct in the face of the enemy of the United States of America as an infantry squad leader, 1st Platoon, B Company 1-125IN (M), Camp Habbiniyah, Iraq, on Oct. 27, 2005, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. During a platoon movement for an operation on MSR Michigan, the second vehicle of a six-vehicle formation was hit by an IED. A collision occurred with an M2 Bradley fighting vehicle.

scottb@herald-mail.com BOONSBORO - One member of a Boonsboro family left the U.S. Army after being injured last year in Iraq. Now, another family member has enlisted in the military. U.S. Army Spc. Mary Burral, 25, took medical retirement on May 23, 2004, exactly one year from the day she arrived at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for surgeries and treatment of injuries she received when the five-ton truck she was driving was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, Mary Burral said Monday.