SSG Kevin Nguyen

Para Shooting

Kevin lost a leg to a combat injury in Afghanistan, but the Army kept him on Active Duty and assigned him to the United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU), where he would put his infantryman marksmanship skills to special use. There he first picked up a small-bore rifle (a .22 cal rimfire) and then an air rifle (.177 pellet). Although he at first didn’t realize shooting was an Olympic sport, the USAMU gave him the right tools to succeed.  Now, he is one of the rising stars in the world of paralympic shooting, and is collecting the medals to prove it.