Nicholas Dockery

Branch

U.S. Army

Era

Since 1975

Home state

Indiana

Action

Kapisa Province, Afghanistan

The citation

Official citation

Then-2nd Lt. Nicholas Dockery will receive the Medal of Honor for acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty on Oct. 2, 2012, while serving as a platoon leader with 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. On this day, a large and well-armed Taliban force ambushed 2nd Lt. Dockery's platoon. Over the course of four hours, he fought and maintained contact with the enemy in extremely restricted urban terrain, personally risking his life on numerous occasions to protect and evacuate three wounded members of his platoon. After consolidation and reorganization, he directed rotary wing aircraft in the defense against subsequent enemy counter-attacks from an exposed rooftop while his unit evacuated the wounded soldiers.

Sources

• The White House, published by the U.S. Army, 18 June 2026
• https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/dockery/
• Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.