38 163 213 320 967 | Army Ranger dies after being wounded by small-arms fire in Afghanistan, January 17, 2019

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An Army Ranger wounded in northwest Afghanistan on Sunday has died.

Sgt. Cameron Meddock, 26, died Thursday in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained from small-arms fire Jan. 13 in Badghis Province, Afghanistan.

This was his second deployment in support of NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan.

Meddock was an Army Ranger serving with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

“Sergeant Cameron Meddock is one of America’s precious sons. The entire nation should strive to emulate the warrior, patriot and husband that Cameron was," Col. Brandon Tegtmeier, commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment, said in a statement. “The 75th Ranger Regiment will forever honor Sergeant Cameron Meddock, and his family will forever be a member of our Ranger family.”

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Following successful completion of RASP, Meddock was assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, where he served as a machine gunner, automatic rifleman, gun team leader and, most recently, as a fire team leader.

Meddock’s awards and decorations include the Purple Heart, the Joint Service Commendation for Combat, the Army Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with campaign star, the Ranger Tab, the Parachutist Badge, the Expert Infantryman Badge and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

Badghis Province, Afghanistan

Landstuhl, Germany

Spearman, Texas

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington

Islamic State-Khurasan, ISIS-K militants

Army Ranger Sergeant Cameron Meddock

A native of Spearman, Texas, Meddock enlisted in the Army on Nov. 14, 2014.

He completed one-station unit training as an infantryman, the Basic Airborne Course and Ranger Assessment and Selection at Fort Benning, Georgia.

From the date Sgt. Cameron Meddock first enlisted into the Army (11/14/14) to his death yesterday, Thursday (1/17/19) is exactly 218 weeks later

Badghis Province, where Meddock was wounded, has been one of the more stable regions in northwest Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press, the largest news agency in Afghanistan.