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Norris Ivan Wiley (Born 13 March 1976) is a US Army Veteran Calvary Scout. He is an alumnus of Columbus State University and Omaha Central High School.

Norris Wiley was born in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2002 he joined the US Army as a Calvary Scout and completed his Basic Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He served at Garry Owen in Korea from March 2003 to February 2004. and then in Fort Benning, Georgia from March 2004 to September 2008.

Norris Wiley served in Operation Iraqi Freedom twice during the timeframes of 19 January 2005 to 18 January 2006, in Baqubah Iraq and Ramadi Iraq, and from 11 March 2007 to 18 August 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq, as a Sergeant. Both deployments were with 2/69 Armor Scout Platoon 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division.

On 17 August 2007 2/69 Armor Scout Platoon was involved in an IED,improvised explosion device, called an EFP, explosive force penetrator, that damage the Command Vehicle, that Norris Wiley was the gunner for. During the ambush, everyone on the command vehicle was injured with one Soldier being killed, 1st Lieutenant Jonathan Edds. With the Scout Platoon being unaware of the damage and injuries, Sergeant Wiley identified the insurgents that attacked them. Sergeant Wiley ignored the 2 baseball sized holes in his back and the holes in his leg from the explosion and was the first Scout to return fire on the ambushers, stopping the ambushers from inflicting additional casualties. Once the Scout Platoon identified where Sergeant Wiley was firing the Platoon returned effective fire to neutralize the threat. During the evacuation of the injured personnel from the command vehicle, Sergeant Wiley refused help and dismounted from the vehicle under his own power. Sergeant Wiley then took a m4 rifle from a Scout performing first aid and continued to return fire at the ambushers. Once Sergeant Wiley saw that the Scout Platoon had the situation under control, he then entered a vehicle and was rushed to the nearest aid station, by his fellow Scouts.

Sergeant Norris Wiley was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor for his actions on 17 August 2007 and a Purple Heart. He suffered from six shrapnel holes in his upper left back and two shrapnel wounds to his left leg, and traumatic brain injury.

On September 24 2008 Sergeant Wiley was Honorably Retired from the US Army. After Sergeant Wiley's retirement he enrolled at Columbus State University and graduated on 12 December 2012 with a Bachelors Degree in Finance and a Minor in Economics. During his time at Columbus State University he was a member of the Military Order of Purple Hearts and helped Veterans receive mortgage free homes. Norris Wiley now resides in Australia with his family.