Army Spc. Clifton J. Yazzie, 23, of Fruitland, New Mexico
Yazzie died in Al Huwijah, Iraq on January 20, 2006 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during patrol operations.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Yazzie, 23, of Fruitland, N.M., was an infantryman assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment. He joined the Army in November 2001 and arrived at Fort Campbell in July 2005. He was promoted posthumously. Clifton Yazzie was posthumously awarded a plaque by the Military Order of the Purple Heart in addition to the Navajo Nation Council's Warriors Medal of Valor.
Yazzie is survived by his wife, Michelle; 3-year-old daughter, Chynitta; 18-month-old son, Cayden; and father and mother, Clifford and Jeanette Yazzie of Fruitland.
His family told The Daily Times of Farmington, N.M., that Yazzie was on his second tour in Iraq.
Clifton and Michelle Yazzie would have celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary April 15. They had planned to renew their vows during a family vacation to Las Vegas, Nev.
"I'd talk to him and he'd say, ‘We'll have the wedding we never had. We'll have the wedding pictures we never had,"' said Michelle Yazzie, who met her husband at a high school dance she sneaked into.
She said he was devoted to their children. "It's going to be hard raising them by myself," she said.
Jeanette Yazzie said her son always wanted to be a soldier and that as a child he would use tree limbs and sticks as imaginary guns to play war.
*Special thanks to Find A Grave contributor, Larry for fulfilling my photo request for Clifton Yazzie.
Yazzie died in Al Huwijah, Iraq on January 20, 2006 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during patrol operations.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Yazzie, 23, of Fruitland, N.M., was an infantryman assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment. He joined the Army in November 2001 and arrived at Fort Campbell in July 2005. He was promoted posthumously. Clifton Yazzie was posthumously awarded a plaque by the Military Order of the Purple Heart in addition to the Navajo Nation Council's Warriors Medal of Valor.
Yazzie is survived by his wife, Michelle; 3-year-old daughter, Chynitta; 18-month-old son, Cayden; and father and mother, Clifford and Jeanette Yazzie of Fruitland.
His family told The Daily Times of Farmington, N.M., that Yazzie was on his second tour in Iraq.
Clifton and Michelle Yazzie would have celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary April 15. They had planned to renew their vows during a family vacation to Las Vegas, Nev.
"I'd talk to him and he'd say, ‘We'll have the wedding we never had. We'll have the wedding pictures we never had,"' said Michelle Yazzie, who met her husband at a high school dance she sneaked into.
She said he was devoted to their children. "It's going to be hard raising them by myself," she said.
Jeanette Yazzie said her son always wanted to be a soldier and that as a child he would use tree limbs and sticks as imaginary guns to play war.
*Special thanks to Find A Grave contributor, Larry for fulfilling my photo request for Clifton Yazzie.
Army Spc. Clifton J. Yazzie, 23, of Fruitland, New Mexico
Yazzie died in Al Huwijah, Iraq on January 20, 2006 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during patrol operations.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Yazzie, 23, of Fruitland, N.M., was an infantryman assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment. He joined the Army in November 2001 and arrived at Fort Campbell in July 2005. He was promoted posthumously. Clifton Yazzie was posthumously awarded a plaque by the Military Order of the Purple Heart in addition to the Navajo Nation Council's Warriors Medal of Valor.
Yazzie is survived by his wife, Michelle; 3-year-old daughter, Chynitta; 18-month-old son, Cayden; and father and mother, Clifford and Jeanette Yazzie of Fruitland.
His family told The Daily Times of Farmington, N.M., that Yazzie was on his second tour in Iraq.
Clifton and Michelle Yazzie would have celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary April 15. They had planned to renew their vows during a family vacation to Las Vegas, Nev.
"I'd talk to him and he'd say, ‘We'll have the wedding we never had. We'll have the wedding pictures we never had,"' said Michelle Yazzie, who met her husband at a high school dance she sneaked into.
She said he was devoted to their children. "It's going to be hard raising them by myself," she said.
Jeanette Yazzie said her son always wanted to be a soldier and that as a child he would use tree limbs and sticks as imaginary guns to play war.
*Special thanks to Find A Grave contributor, Larry for fulfilling my photo request for Clifton Yazzie.
Yazzie died in Al Huwijah, Iraq on January 20, 2006 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during patrol operations.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Yazzie, 23, of Fruitland, N.M., was an infantryman assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment. He joined the Army in November 2001 and arrived at Fort Campbell in July 2005. He was promoted posthumously. Clifton Yazzie was posthumously awarded a plaque by the Military Order of the Purple Heart in addition to the Navajo Nation Council's Warriors Medal of Valor.
Yazzie is survived by his wife, Michelle; 3-year-old daughter, Chynitta; 18-month-old son, Cayden; and father and mother, Clifford and Jeanette Yazzie of Fruitland.
His family told The Daily Times of Farmington, N.M., that Yazzie was on his second tour in Iraq.
Clifton and Michelle Yazzie would have celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary April 15. They had planned to renew their vows during a family vacation to Las Vegas, Nev.
"I'd talk to him and he'd say, ‘We'll have the wedding we never had. We'll have the wedding pictures we never had,"' said Michelle Yazzie, who met her husband at a high school dance she sneaked into.
She said he was devoted to their children. "It's going to be hard raising them by myself," she said.
Jeanette Yazzie said her son always wanted to be a soldier and that as a child he would use tree limbs and sticks as imaginary guns to play war.
*Special thanks to Find A Grave contributor, Larry for fulfilling my photo request for Clifton Yazzie.
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CLIFTON J.
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FEB. 20, 1982
JAN. 20, 2006
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