Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: B Co, 1st Squadron, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Vilseck, Germany
MOS: 11B10 – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Afghanistan NATO Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Deployments: 1 in Iraq, 2 in Afghanistan
Enlisted: 2003
Date of birth: 20 June 1984
Hometown: Wichita, Kansas
High School: Wichita West
Married: Ashley
Campaign: Afghanistan
Died: 5 January 2011
Age at death: 26
Cause of death: Killed in action – IED
Location of fatality: Fob Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan
Place of interment: Ascension Cemetery in Bel Aire, Kansas
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