Army Capt. Resh was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Resh died when his Apache helicopter crashed during combat operations in Najaf. He was providing close air support to Iraqi troops who were taking part in a fierce, daylong combat with hundreds of insurgents hiding in date palm orchards. The insurgents were messianic Shiites who planned to slaughter pilgrims and clerics during Ashoura commemorations in Najaf. More than 300 militants were killed and 650 captured in the battle. Mark was a 1996 graduate of Northwestern Lehigh High School where he was a member of the National Honor Society, Math Club, Student Council and captain of the varsity soccer team his senior year. He went on to the University of Pittsburgh with a full ROTC scholarship where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, achieving a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering in 2001. During his college education, he pursued a summer internship with the Navy Research Labs in Virginia. After graduation he joined the Army where he became an S/4 logistical officer piloting American Apache Helicopters. Mark was deployed to Iraq a second time in September 2006. His awards and decorations include the Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary, Global War on Terrorism Service, Army Service Ribbon and Army Aviation Badge. Mark was a born leader, a solid person, very intelligent and polite – a quiet and humble person. He lived his life to the fullest. It was a short life but a good one.
NOTE: Mark Resh, who was killed in a 2007 battle in Iraq, will be remembered Wednesday, January 28, 2009, by having a classroom building named in his honor at Fort Hood, Texas – one of the nation's largest U.S. Army bases. Capt. Resh, 28, and Chief Warrant Officer Cornell Chao, 36, were in a helicopter acting as bait to distract insurgents who were firing at another American helicopter when both were killed near An Jajaf on Jan. 28, 2007. Fort Hood spokesman Steve Moore said the two were selected for recognition "for putting themselves in harm's way."
NOTE: Mark Resh, who was killed in a 2007 battle in Iraq, will be remembered Wednesday, January 28, 2009, by having a classroom building named in his honor at Fort Hood, Texas – one of the nation's largest U.S. Army bases. Capt. Resh, 28, and Chief Warrant Officer Cornell Chao, 36, were in a helicopter acting as bait to distract insurgents who were firing at another American helicopter when both were killed near An Jajaf on Jan. 28, 2007. Fort Hood spokesman Steve Moore said the two were selected for recognition "for putting themselves in harm's way."
Army Capt. Resh was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Resh died when his Apache helicopter crashed during combat operations in Najaf. He was providing close air support to Iraqi troops who were taking part in a fierce, daylong combat with hundreds of insurgents hiding in date palm orchards. The insurgents were messianic Shiites who planned to slaughter pilgrims and clerics during Ashoura commemorations in Najaf. More than 300 militants were killed and 650 captured in the battle. Mark was a 1996 graduate of Northwestern Lehigh High School where he was a member of the National Honor Society, Math Club, Student Council and captain of the varsity soccer team his senior year. He went on to the University of Pittsburgh with a full ROTC scholarship where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, achieving a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering in 2001. During his college education, he pursued a summer internship with the Navy Research Labs in Virginia. After graduation he joined the Army where he became an S/4 logistical officer piloting American Apache Helicopters. Mark was deployed to Iraq a second time in September 2006. His awards and decorations include the Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary, Global War on Terrorism Service, Army Service Ribbon and Army Aviation Badge. Mark was a born leader, a solid person, very intelligent and polite – a quiet and humble person. He lived his life to the fullest. It was a short life but a good one.
NOTE: Mark Resh, who was killed in a 2007 battle in Iraq, will be remembered Wednesday, January 28, 2009, by having a classroom building named in his honor at Fort Hood, Texas – one of the nation's largest U.S. Army bases. Capt. Resh, 28, and Chief Warrant Officer Cornell Chao, 36, were in a helicopter acting as bait to distract insurgents who were firing at another American helicopter when both were killed near An Jajaf on Jan. 28, 2007. Fort Hood spokesman Steve Moore said the two were selected for recognition "for putting themselves in harm's way."
NOTE: Mark Resh, who was killed in a 2007 battle in Iraq, will be remembered Wednesday, January 28, 2009, by having a classroom building named in his honor at Fort Hood, Texas – one of the nation's largest U.S. Army bases. Capt. Resh, 28, and Chief Warrant Officer Cornell Chao, 36, were in a helicopter acting as bait to distract insurgents who were firing at another American helicopter when both were killed near An Jajaf on Jan. 28, 2007. Fort Hood spokesman Steve Moore said the two were selected for recognition "for putting themselves in harm's way."
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