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Allen Vaught Shares Screen With Matt Damon in Green Zone
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posted Apr 16, 2010, 15:58
Iraq Veteran Vaught Makes Big Screen Debut
Iraq Veteran Vaught Makes Big Screen Debut
(Dallas) Baron & Budd, P.C. attorney and Iraq War Veteran Allen Vaught
made his big screen debut alongside Matt Damon in Green Zone, which was released
into theaters on March 12. In the film, Vaught plays Captain Jonathon Vaught,
a staff officer in a briefing scene. According to Vaught, director Paul Greengrass
allowed him to name his character in the film after his son, Jonathon Vaught.
"It is an honor to have a small part in Green Zone," said Vaught.
"I applaud Paul Greengrass for incorporating so many Iraq and Afghanistan
combat veterans in the film."
Vaught's association with the film began in 2007, when he was contacted to
be a consultant on technical aspects, such as uniforms and other historical
aspects of the war. The association later evolved into a speaking role.
Vaught served as a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve's Civil Affairs and Psychological
Operations Command during Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 2003 to March 2004.
He also served as the de facto mayor of Fallujah during the early months of
the Iraq war. During the final months of his tour, he served in Sadr City, Iraq
where he was injured by an IED. Vaught's awards include the Purple Heart, Combat
Action Badge and Valorous Unit Award.
Vaught now serves as a Texas state representative and an attorney at Dallas-based
Baron & Budd, where he works with clients suffering from mesothelioma and
other asbestos-related diseases, some of whom are retired military personnel.
Mesothelioma is an aggressive asbestos-related cancer that attacks the lining
around the lungs, abdomen or heart. Asbestos exposure is common among military
personnel, typically from materials veterans worked with or around while serving
their country, as well as the work they did after returning to civilian life.
Baron & Budd fights on behalf of veterans suffering from asbestos-related
diseases, particularly mesothelioma, by going after the manufacturers of the
products. Baron & Budd does not sue the military in these cases.
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