{"id":23314,"date":"2024-03-29T14:25:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=toner-iv-francis-lawrence"},"modified":"2024-05-13T20:21:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T02:21:46","slug":"toner-iv-francis-lawrence","status":"publish","type":"casualty","link":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=toner-iv-francis-lawrence","title":{"rendered":"Toner IV, Francis Lawrence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: 3\/27\/2009<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank<\/strong>: Lieutenant<\/p>\n<p><strong>Branch<\/strong>: U.S. Navy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operation<\/strong>: Operation Enduring Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"719\" data-id=\"25687\" src=\"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LT-J-G-Francis-L-Toner-IV.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LT-J-G-Francis-L-Toner-IV.png 568w, https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LT-J-G-Francis-L-Toner-IV-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Halfway through a year-long individual Augmentee (IA) assignment with the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command (ARSIC) North, Lt. j.g. Francis L. \u201cFrankie\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toner IV, CEC, didn\u2019t hesitate when a terrorist attacked his shipmates on Forward Operating Base Shaheen near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Unarmed, he charged the lone gunman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was enough to save some innocent lives that day \u2013 March 27, 2009 \u2013 but not all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lt. Florence B. Choe, Medical Service Corps, and Lt. J.G. Toner himself were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honor\u2026Courage\u2026 Commitment\u2026 and Sacrifice. True heroes, like Toner, don\u2019t hesitate. They act. It\u2019s in their nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frankie was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star with Valor device, Purple Heart, and Combat Action Ribbon for his actions in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"casualty-operation":[101],"casualty-tag":[106],"class_list":["post-23314","casualty","type-casualty","status-publish","hentry","casualty-operation-operation-enduring-freedom","casualty-tag-idaho-casualty"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/23314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/casualty"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/23314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25689,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/23314\/revisions\/25689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"casualty-operation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcasualty-operation&post=23314"},{"taxonomy":"casualty-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcasualty-tag&post=23314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}