SGT US Army
3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Stewart, GA
He died in Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained when his unit was attacked by small arms fire while on mounted patrol.
He graduated from LC Bird High School in 2003 and The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina, Lima Company Class of 2007. He served in the SC National Guard while attending The Citadel and deployed to Afghanistan with the 218th Brigade Combat Team in 2007. While assigned to Forward Operating Base Shkin, he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB). After returning from Afghanistan in 2008, he reentered the Citadel as a Veteran Student, completed his last semester, and walked across the graduation stage with his four deployed classmates with the Class of 2009. He enlisted in the US Army in 2010 and was ultimately assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division and was promoted to Sergeant. He was Airborne qualified, fluent in the Pashto language, exceptionally fit and loved his Soldiers. Among his military awards and decorations were the Purple Heart; and Bronze Star posthumously.
He was survived by his parents; his brother; his sister; his grandmothers; eleven uncles; ten aunts; and twenty-one first cousins.
Visitation was held on February 7, 2013, at the JT Morriss & Son Funeral Home, Chester, VA. Catholic Funeral Rites were held at St Augustine's Catholic Church on Friday, February 8, 2013, followed by interment.
SGT US Army
3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Stewart, GA
He died in Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained when his unit was attacked by small arms fire while on mounted patrol.
He graduated from LC Bird High School in 2003 and The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina, Lima Company Class of 2007. He served in the SC National Guard while attending The Citadel and deployed to Afghanistan with the 218th Brigade Combat Team in 2007. While assigned to Forward Operating Base Shkin, he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB). After returning from Afghanistan in 2008, he reentered the Citadel as a Veteran Student, completed his last semester, and walked across the graduation stage with his four deployed classmates with the Class of 2009. He enlisted in the US Army in 2010 and was ultimately assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division and was promoted to Sergeant. He was Airborne qualified, fluent in the Pashto language, exceptionally fit and loved his Soldiers. Among his military awards and decorations were the Purple Heart; and Bronze Star posthumously.
He was survived by his parents; his brother; his sister; his grandmothers; eleven uncles; ten aunts; and twenty-one first cousins.
Visitation was held on February 7, 2013, at the JT Morriss & Son Funeral Home, Chester, VA. Catholic Funeral Rites were held at St Augustine's Catholic Church on Friday, February 8, 2013, followed by interment.
