Brooks T Schild, SSG, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery, US Army was awarded the Bronze Star with the V for Valor for “Exceptionally Meritorious Heroism in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His brother Richard L Schild, SFC, Battery C, 1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery Brigade was Killed in Combat on 4 December 2005. Richard was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.