Master Sgt. Matthew Williams is receiving the Medal of Honor for saving the lives of fellow soldiers wounded in this battle.
The battle took place in Shok Valley, Afghanistan, during a joint U.S.-Afghan raid to kill or capture Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
Four soldiers were killed in the ambush on Oct. 4, 2017.
Valor awards go to four U.S. troops with Army Special Forces ODA 3212 who were killed in the ambush.
Former Staff Sgt. Ronald Shurer, a Special Forces medic, will receive the Medal of Honor Monday for actions while serving in Afghanistan in 2008.
The deaths of four U.S. soldiers in Niger in an early October ambush has cast a spotlight on a once-obscure mission in the West African nation.
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