Spec. Ross McGinnis, who saved the lives of comrades at the cost of his own during anambush by insurgents in Iraq, will receive the Medal of Honor on June 2. McGinnis, of Knox, Pa., becomes the second soldier who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom to earn the nation’s highest military award for valor. The 19-year-old mechanic served with 1st Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division at Combat Outpost Apache in Adamiyah, Iraq, an area rife with insurgent activity, on December 4, 2006. Shortly after a convoy McGinnis was riding in left the outpost, insurgents began throwing grenades at the vehicles. When one landed in the Humvee carrying McGinnis and three comrades, the soldier first warned the others by shouting, "Grenade!" Once he determined that if he leapt for safety his comrades would likely be killed, McGinnis jumped on the grenade and took the brunt of its explosion. He died instantly when the grenade detonated, but his fellow soldiers survived. One was severely injured; the other two had minor shrapnel wounds. McGinnis’ parents, Tom and Romayne McGinnis, will accept the award from President Bush.