| Birth: | Sep. 9, 1976 | | Death: | Jun. 8, 2004 | 
He was born in the United Arab Emirates, and moved to Silver Spring, Maryland, at age 2. He graduated from Kennedy High School in 1996 and the University of Virginia in 2000. He lived in Bristow, Virginia, and was an ordnance officer with the Germany-based 201st Forward Support Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He died in a suicide car bombing at the main gates of his base. His unit was charged with the day-to-day security and maintenance of the camp. When an orange-colored taxi drove toward them, he ordered his soldiers to "hit the dirt." He walked toward the car, motioning for it to stop. A makeshift bomb inside it exploded, killing him and two Iraqi civilians in addition to the two suicide bombers. Ten soldiers and six Iraqi citizens were also wounded. During his three months in Iraq, he helped put Iraqi civilians to work for $5 an hour patrolling the streets of Baquba under the U.S. Army. The program, dubbed the United States-Iraq Sponsorship Program, was intended to help combat high unemployment and provide the local population with security and peace. He was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Arlington County
Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 60 Lot 7986 |
Created by: Ugaalltheway
Record added: Nov 20, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 12419799 |
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Elizabeth Reed
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There are wives who still have husbands and children who still have fathers but there are no adequate words, Captain.
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