Kortney Clemons
Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Kortney Clemons (born June 23, 1980) is an American Paralympic athlete and Iraq War Veteran.
He is featured in the 2009 documentary Warrior Champions about American soldiers who lost limbs or suffered paralysis in Iraq, and their way to the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
Early life
Clemons went to high school in Little Rock, Mississippi. He played football, basketball and baseball.
He played junior college football as a cornerback at East Mississippi Community College before he joined the army.
Military service
Clemons is a Purple Heart recipient. He served in the United States Army from 2001 to 2006.
He was working as a combat medic in the 1st Cavalry Division.
Clemons lost his leg in Baghdad, Iraq on February 21, 2005, when he and other soldiers were helping a group of soldiers whose car had hit gravel and tipped over. As they were helping, a roadside bomb exploded, and wounded some and killed others.
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