Army Pfc. Mack was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado as a computer analyst. Mack jumped into the Euphrates River near the Hadithah Dam, west of Ar Ramadi, to take a swim and did not resurface. A search party found his body downstream on August 24. Vorn, known as "Jimmy", was the son of a sergeant major and grew up on the move among Army posts. He was a member of the Orangeburg Wilkinson High School class of 2002 and an honors student who loved math, computers and a challenge. Jimmy joined the Army Reserve his senior year and left Orangeburg shortly after he got his diploma. He was a good student with a special interest in history. Jimmy was 5-foot-3 and 115 pounds but compensated by fearlessly wrestling bigger, stronger soldiers. He once jumped on the back of a sergeant a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier; he didn't back down from anyone or anything. He enjoyed swimming, playing Dungeons and Dragons, Monopoly, and computers.
Army Pfc. Mack was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado as a computer analyst. Mack jumped into the Euphrates River near the Hadithah Dam, west of Ar Ramadi, to take a swim and did not resurface. A search party found his body downstream on August 24. Vorn, known as "Jimmy", was the son of a sergeant major and grew up on the move among Army posts. He was a member of the Orangeburg Wilkinson High School class of 2002 and an honors student who loved math, computers and a challenge. Jimmy joined the Army Reserve his senior year and left Orangeburg shortly after he got his diploma. He was a good student with a special interest in history. Jimmy was 5-foot-3 and 115 pounds but compensated by fearlessly wrestling bigger, stronger soldiers. He once jumped on the back of a sergeant a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier; he didn't back down from anyone or anything. He enjoyed swimming, playing Dungeons and Dragons, Monopoly, and computers.
