Rank: Specialist
Unit: HHC, 3d Squadron, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Vilseck, Germany
MOS: Forward Observer
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
Deployments: 1st
Enlisted: 2008
Date of birth: 21-Feb-90
Hometown: Lafayette, Louisiana
High School: Comeaux High School
Campaign: Afghanistan
Died: 24-Oct-2010
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Killed in action – IED
Location of fatality: Rangrizan, Afghanistan
Place of interment: Saint Joseph Cemetery in Milton, Louisiana
Notes: Love of military formed while he was in high school Army Junior ROTC
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