<Tr> <Th> Battles / wars </Th> <Td> War in Afghanistan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Knight of the Legion of Honour United States Army Soldier's Medal </Td> </Tr> <P> Aleksander Reed Skarlatos (/ skɑːrˈlɑːtoʊs /; born October 10, 1992) is an American actor and US Army National Guard soldier who, along with fellow Americans Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler, a Briton and two Frenchmen, stopped a gunman on a Paris - bound train travelling from Amsterdam via Brussels in August 2015 . He has been awarded the United States Army Soldier's Medal from U.S. President Barack Obama, and has received France's highest decoration, the Legion of Honour, from French president François Hollande as well as the medal of Arras, France . Skarlatos competed on season 21 of ABC's Dancing with the Stars with pro dancer Lindsay Arnold, and finished in third place . </P> <P> Aleksander Reed Skarlatos was born in Castro Valley, California, to Emanuel Skarlatos, a Greek immigrant who arrived in the United States as a child, and then - wife, Heidi Hansen . His step - parents are Karen Skarlatos and Tom Hansen respectively . During his childhood, he grew up in Sacramento County, California, where he met Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler while attending school in Fair Oaks, California, continuing their friendship into adulthood . All three men are described as sharing "a deeply religious background and a belief in service to their community" and are Christian . Skarlatos graduated from Roseburg High School . </P>

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