Florent Groberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Florent Groberg

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

Date of Birth: 08-May-1983

Place of Birth: Poissy, Île-de-France, France

Profession: military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Florent Groberg (born 8 May 1983) is a medically retired French American military officer and civilian employee of the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Born in France to an American father and Algerian mother, he became a naturalized U.S.
citizen in 2001.
He renounced his French citizenship prior to joining the U.S Army in 2008.
He served in the U.S.
Army during the War in Afghanistan, where in August 2012, he was severely injured attempting to thwart a suicide bomber.
On 12 November 2015, Groberg received the Medal of Honor for his action in Afghanistan.