NATICK, Mass. (WPRI) â "A new state-of-the-art military research facility dedicated to U.S. Sgt. First Class Jared Monti opened in Natick, Massachusetts, on Monday.
The 30-year-old Raynham native was serving with the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan in 2006 when he was killed trying to save his fellow soldier in action.
In 2009, then-President Barack Obama posthumously awarded him the Medal of Honor, and now a new research institute in his home state will honor his legacy."