[Biggirl]

Thank-you Chris Mintz for your service to the USA! God Bless!

[T-Bone Texan]

God Bless Chris Minz.

[ripley]

Thank heaven there are lots of people like Mr. Mintz around.

(They survived for a reason, to teach us about courage, loyalty and other things.)

IMHO

[CottonBall]

I hope he will be ok. Whether in uniform or not, veterans are always our heroes.

And deserve to be treated better!

[freedumb2003]

>>Thank-you Chris Mintz for your service to the USA! God Bless!<<

+1 and amen!

I would like to THINK I would have the stones to do what he did — but no one knows until that moment comes.

Bless Chris Mintz!

[ops33]

Protected his country and fellow Americans both in and out of uniform.

[KeyLargo]

Prior to moving to Oregon, Mintz had served more than a decade in the Army after graduating from his North Carolina high school in 2003.

Chris Mintz moved to Oregon a few years ago after serving in the Army, where he was based at Fort Lewis in Washington state and was deployed overseas, his cousin, Derek Bourgeois, told Latest News Stories.