Sgt. Brian R. Conner of Baltimore was serving in the Guard while working as a firefighter, a job he held for 12 years in Baltimore's fire department. He was recently promoted to lieutenant after serving as an emergency vehicle driver. Conner was remembered by colleagues as a selfless leader who would give you the shirt off his back. He was a devoted single father of three children. Brian died in Al Taji, Iraq, with two other Maryland Guardsmen, when an 18-wheel tractor trailer accidentally struck the back of their Humvee, starting a fire and causing ammunition to detonate. He was 36.
Army
National Guard
Maryland
Army
National Guard
Maryland
Sgt. Brian R. Conner of Baltimore was serving in the Guard while working as a firefighter, a job he held for 12 years in Baltimore's fire department. He was recently promoted to lieutenant after serving as an emergency vehicle driver. Conner was remembered by colleagues as a selfless leader who would give you the shirt off his back. He was a devoted single father of three children. Brian died in Al Taji, Iraq, with two other Maryland Guardsmen, when an 18-wheel tractor trailer accidentally struck the back of their Humvee, starting a fire and causing ammunition to detonate. He was 36.
Army
National Guard
Maryland
Army
National Guard
Maryland
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