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Our Local Heroes: SPC Branden Macha, Steven Hiles Save Email Print
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Specialist Branden Macha of Pittsville served with the Army in 2004 and 2005, earning a Purple Heart in the process.

Macha attends UW-Stevens Point, but has been alerted to head back to the Middle East in 2009.

His stepfather, Steven Hiles, is a Vietnam War veteran, serving with the 101st Airborne Division in 1969 and 1970.
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