Luke McDermott (born September 1, 1987) is an American gold medal

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player. He was a member of the

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-winning US team in

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. His disability is an

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due to an incident when he was a Marine in the

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* * 1987 births Living people American amputees United States Marine Corps personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) American sledge hockey players Paralympic sledge hockey players for the United States Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Para ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Ice hockey players from New York (state) Sportspeople from Albany, New York Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey {{USMC-bio-stub