David A. Cedergren was the kind of guy who would share his CARE packages from home if he noticed a fellow sailor without one. "Dave would have given anything he would have owned to anybody at any time," brother Brad Cedergren said. "And he has a smile that would cheer anybody up, no matter what they were going through." Cedergren, 25, of South St. Paul, Minn., died Sept. 11 after being found unconscious in a shower. Cedergren, based at Camp Lejeune, liked cars, motorcycles, rebuilding motors and tae kwan do. He planned to go back to school to become a nurse anesthetist. "This guy was amazing. He was absolutely everything that anybody would want as a friend," said brother Barry Cedergren. "He didn't go over there as someone to kill. He went over there because he wanted to help people." In March, Cedergren went to Iraq, a place he joked was the land of "long, never-ending sandy beaches," said his sister Jodi Jensen. He also is survived by his father and stepmother, Bart and Pam Cedergren, and mother Deb Cedergren.
David A. Cedergren was the kind of guy who would share his CARE packages from home if he noticed a fellow sailor without one. "Dave would have given anything he would have owned to anybody at any time," brother Brad Cedergren said. "And he has a smile that would cheer anybody up, no matter what they were going through." Cedergren, 25, of South St. Paul, Minn., died Sept. 11 after being found unconscious in a shower. Cedergren, based at Camp Lejeune, liked cars, motorcycles, rebuilding motors and tae kwan do. He planned to go back to school to become a nurse anesthetist. "This guy was amazing. He was absolutely everything that anybody would want as a friend," said brother Barry Cedergren. "He didn't go over there as someone to kill. He went over there because he wanted to help people." In March, Cedergren went to Iraq, a place he joked was the land of "long, never-ending sandy beaches," said his sister Jodi Jensen. He also is survived by his father and stepmother, Bart and Pam Cedergren, and mother Deb Cedergren.
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