Rank: Private
Unit: HHT, 1st Battalion, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Fort Polk, Louisiana
MOS: 19D – Cavalry Scout
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon
Badges: Combat Action Badge
Deployments: 1 in Iraq
Enlisted: 1999
Commission Source: Na
Date of birth: 29-Aug-1979
Hometown: Laguna Vista, Texas
Campaign: Iraq
Died: 28-Dec-2003
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Killed in action – IED
Location of fatality: Baghdad, Iraq
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Place of interment: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas
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