Jared Christopher Monti was a soldier in the United States Army who received the United States militarys highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Afghanistan.
Monti was born in Abington, Massachusetts, on September 20, 1975, to Paul, a school teacher, and Janet Monti. He grew up in Raynham, Massachusetts and even as a child the adventurous character that would later earn him the Medal of Honor was, military . As a fouryearold, he disappeared from the backyard one day, and his mother found him later on hanging by the hood of his sweatshirt on the other side of the fence. On another occasion, a migraine headache kept him home from school, but he left the house and was later found climbing a tree. In 1994 he graduated from BridgewaterRaynham Regional High School at the age of 18. Monti had two siblings, a sister, Nicole and a brother, Timothy.
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