Rank: Corporal
Unit: H Co, 3d Squadron, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Vilseck, Germany
MOS: 11B10 – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal with Star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge, Marksmanship Badge with Rifle
Deployments: 1 in Iraq
Enlisted: 2005
Date of birth: 10 June 1984
Hometown: Lone Pine, California
High School: Lone Pine High School
Campaign: Iraq
Died: 18 October 2007
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Killed in action – IED
Location of fatality: Baghdad, Iraq
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Place of interment: Mount Whitney Cemetery in Lone Pine, California
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Note: Attended basic training at 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Regiment at Fort Benning, GA.