Sgt. Jeffery S. Lanter recently received the Air Medal with bronze star.
The award is for heroic achievement in aerial flight as a crewchief attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Epeditionary Force on March 26, 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Lanter’s helicopter was directed to a location 90 miles north for an immediate casualty evacuation of 12 critically wounded Marines. Despite…