Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: HHT, 3d Squadron, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Vilseck, Germany
MOS: 11B10 – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Army NCO Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (2)
Badges: Combat Infantry Badge, Parachute Badge, and Expert Rifle Badge
Enlisted: 1997 and reenlisted in 2005 after a break in service
Date of birth: 30 September 1977
Hometown: Chesapeake, Virginia
High School: Fork Union Military Academy
College: Middle Tennessee State University
Children: Emma
Campaign: Iraq
Died: 9 January 2008
Age at death: 30
Cause of death: Killed in action – House born IED
Location of fatality: Sinsil, Iraq
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Place of interment: Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia
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Note: He was sniper certified and completed Phase I of Special Forces Qualification Course.
Other duty stations:
Private First Class from 1998 to 1999 as 11B10 in HHC, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry at Camp Casey, Korea
Specialist from 1999 to 2000 as 11B10 in HHC, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry, Fort Campbell
Break in Service from 2000 to 2005
Specialist from 2005 as 11B10 in US Army John F Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School, Fort Bragg, NC
Staff Seargent from 2006 to 2008 as 11B10 in HHC, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment (Dragoons), Vilseck, Germany