Zachary Rhyner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Zachary Rhyner

United States Air Force airman

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1986

Place of Birth: Medford, Wisconsin, United States

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Master sergeant (retired) Zachary Rhyner is a Combat Controller (CCT) in the United States Air Force.
His hometown is Medford, Wisconsin.
While still a Senior Airman, he received the Air Force Cross for his actions in the Battle of Shok Valley on 6 April 2008 in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.
He was the first living, and second ever, Combat Controller to receive the Air Force Cross after TSgt John A.
Chapman was posthumously awarded the medal in 2002 for his actions during the Battle of Takur Ghar.
In addition to his Air Force Cross Rhyner is the recipient of two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star Medal and the Air Force Combat Action Medal among others.
His first Purple Heart he received for the Battle of Shok Valley, while the second Purple Heart was from a deployment to northern Afghanistan in March 2013 where a gunshot wound shattered his right femur and hip.
He has deployed six times, including Iraq and Afghanistan.
He has also participated in humanitarian assistance operations as well and was a part of Operation Unified Response in Haiti during the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Rhyner medically retired in 2015 as a result of wounds sustained in combat that prevented mobility below the knee.