- Awarded on: March 14, 2007
Rank: Private
On August 19, 2006, Private Wilkins of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, was a crew member of a light armoured vehicle during an engagement with numerically superior Taliban forces in Masum Ghar. During the three hour firefight, he effectively employed the vehicle’s general purpose machine gun to suppress a group of enemy fighters on one side of the vehicle. He also provided accurate and valuable targeting information to the vehicle’s turret crew. Private Wilkin’s skillful actions helped to prevent the Taliban forces from outflanking the remainder of the Company and undoubtedly saved numerous lives.
