In 2004, while serving as First Sergeant for 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, Weapons Company, Kasal was injured inside a building in Fallujah, Iraq. After being wounded by gunfire, Kasal was tending to another wounded Marine when he saw a grenade lying on the floor next to them. Kasal would lay on top of his Marine to protect him from the blast and sustained injuries from more than 43 pieces of grenade shrapnel. While losing blood from his injuries, Kasal refused medical treatment and extraction until the other Marines received medical treatment. He also shouted encouragement to his Marines as they continued to clear the building. Kasal was finally extracted from the building by LCpl Christopher Marquez and LCpl Dan Schaeffer.

For his actions that day, Kasal received the Navy Cross in 2006, the military’s second-highest award for valor. Sergeant Major Kasal retired from the Marine Corps on May 18, 2018.

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