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Tristan Southworth

1988–2010

Sergeant (posthumous; VA #VeteranOfTheDay)

U.S. Army; Vermont National Guard; 172nd Infantry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team; killed 22 Aug 2010 near the Pakistani border while attempting to save another soldier

Documented decorations

Tristan Southworth’s Purple Heart and Bronze Star are named in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ #VeteranOfTheDay profile of his Vermont National Guard infantry service in Afghanistan. This decorations page records those two types from that VA sentence. The Combat Infantryman Badge named alongside them is not re-badged on the decorations row. No Combat “V” or oak-leaf count is invented.

Born in October 1988 and raised in Vermont, Southworth joined the Vermont National Guard in 2006 and deployed in 2010 with the 172nd Infantry, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. On 22 August 2010, while his platoon encountered insurgent activity near the Pakistani border, he was killed attempting to save another soldier. He was posthumously promoted to sergeant. Barracks at Bagram were later named in his honor with fellow fallen Vermonter Steven Deluzio. The Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal are the published decoration names here.

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