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Cedar Rapids soldier serving in Afghanistan awarded Purple Heart
Army Sgt. Matthew Macke of Cedar Rapids has been awarded a Purple Heart after he was injured last month in Afghanistan.
Army officials say Macke's vehicle was damaged by an improvised explosive device in the Paktya province of Afghanistan on April 27. The explosion severely damaged the vehicle and fractured Macke's right foot and left leg.
Macke received his Purple Heart April 30 at the Heathe N. Craig Joint Theater Hospital in Afghanistan.
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Warren E Phipps, Regional Command-East and Combined Joint Task Force-101 assistants division commander-support, pins a Purple Heart onto the shirt of U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Macke, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at the Heathe N. Craig Joint Theater Hospital, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, April 30. Macke, a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Lethal, was driving the lead vehicle of a mounted combat patrol when an improvised explosive device detonated under his truck April 27. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Brian Maxon, Task Force Lethal Public Affairs)
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