He was preparing to throw the grenade when he was tragically hit by enemy fire.
He hurls a grenade at the enemy, giving cover to a third Ranger who rushes to their aid.
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As you can tell, Corporeal Dunham died from the wounds he suffered when the grenade exploded.
The expert also presented a particular brand of rocket-propelled grenade that he said was manufactured only in Iran.
He was wounded by the grenade and died of his wounds despite receiving medical treatment.
Lance Corporal Craig Lundberg lost his sight when he was hit by a grenade in Basra.
He somehow transferred his own grenade to his left hand and tossed it into the German bunker, destroying it.
Although wounded by the grenade blast, he continued to charge the enemy's bunker.
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And as that grenade exploded, he shielded that soldier with his own body.
He threw himself on that grenade.
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French troops found weapons "by the tonne, " he said, including AK47s, grenade launchers and pick-ups hidden in natural caves.
"He recognized immediately the threat, yelled 'grenade' and due to the fact that two other SEAL snipers, our brothers, could not possibly escape the blast, he chose to smother it with his body, absorbed the impact and lost his life in the process, " said Lt.
He then reported the situation and engaged the enemy with a hand grenade, providing suppression as another Ranger moved to his position.
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Staff Sergeant Romesha took out an enemy machine gun team, and, while engaging a second, the generator he was using for cover was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade, inflicting him with shrapnel wounds.
Now mortally injured, he crawled towards the enemy emplacement and, when in position, threw a grenade into the bunker.
He said that one of the reasons why there had not been a successful grenade attack in Nairobi recently was because of the machines.
After receiving several serious wounds from automatic weapons fire, he crawled towards the enemy emplacement and, when in position, threw a grenade into the bunker.
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Maj Bowman was shot as he slept, while Lt Turkington and Corporal Pun died when a rocket-propelled grenade was fired into the command centre.
Canadian citizen Omar Khadr, now 23, is accused of throwing a grenade that killed a US soldier during a gun battle in Afghanistan in 2002, when he was 15.
Today it lobbed another grenade in the direction of the plaintiffs, releasing a deposition in which an expert says he never signed documents that were filed with the court under his name.
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