Rank: First Lieutenant
Unit: HHC, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Vilseck, Germany
MOS: 12C – Cavalry Officer
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Afghanistan NATO Medal
Badges: Combat Action Badge, Air Assault Badge
Deployments: 1st
Commissioned: 2008
Commission Source: ROTC
Date of birth: 18 June 1985
Hometown: Vashon, Washington
High School: Vashon Island High School
College: Seattle University
Campaign: Afghanistan
Died: 18 July 2008
Age at death: 25
Cause of death: Killed in action – IED
Location of fatality: Qalat, Afghanistan
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Place of interment: Vashon Island Cemetery in Vashon, Washington
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