This clone trooper commander, a member of the Advanced Recon Commandos, participated in the Battle of Viidaav amidst the Clone Wars. In that conflict, the Commander received orders to neutralize an explosive device planted by Confederate troops on the planet, an explosive with the capacity to obliterate the planet. After battling through numerous battle droids within the bunker housing the bomb, he killed a Viidaav commander in the control room following a short confrontation. It became clear after the fight that the Viidaav was actually targeting the bomb's control panel, and by destroying him, the clone inadvertently prevented the planet's destruction.
The initial appearance of this clone trooper commander was in the comic titled Heroes on Both Sides.