Rank: Second Lieutenant
Unit: P Trp, 4th Squadron, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Vilseck, Germany
MOS: 13A-Field Artillery Officer
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon
Badges: Combat Action Badge
Deployments: 1 in Iraq
Enlisted: 2006
Commission Source: Officer Candidate School
Date of birth: 10 April 1981
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
High School: Trinity Christian Academy
College: Texas A&M University
Married: Engaged
Campaign: Iraq
Died: 14 November 2007
Age at death: 26
Cause of death: Killed in action – IED
Location of fatality: Baghdad, Iraq
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Place of interment: Melissa Cemetery in Melissa, Texas
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