Camp Pendleton Sailor to be Awarded Silver Star

By Camp Pendleton Public Affairs

Petty Officer 1st Class Benny Flores will be awarded the Silver Star Medal Friday, for his actions while deployed to southwest Afghanistan last year.

Flores provided lifesaving medical care to Marines and Afghan Uniform Police during an enemy attack, despite his own serious injuries, while serving as a field service medical technician during combat operations in Nimruz province's Zaranj district during a partnered convoy, April 28, 2012.

The ceremony is scheduled to be held at the 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company parade deck aboard Camp Pendleton at 2 p.m.