On July 24, 2006, a small element of U.S. Soldiers (C/1/32 10th Mountain Division) are ambushed by fighters of the most wanted insurgent commander in the Pech Valley. Badly outnumbered, vastly outgunned, taking fire from mulitple angles and enemy positions, the Soldiers are saved by the heroism of Sergeant David Micheal Hierholzer, who, alone and seperated, single handedly holds off the enemy and gives his life to save his pinned down element from being overrun. Shudergay is an example of heroism that lives up admirably to the courageous standards of the 10th Mountain Division.