Rank: Sergeant First Class
Unit: HHT, 3d Squadron, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Vilseck, Germany
MOS: 11B10 – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal with V Device and Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army NCO Professional Development Ribbon Ribbon (3), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon
Badges: Combat Infantry Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Expert Marksmanship Badge
Deployments: 2 in Iraq
Enlisted: 1998
Date of birth: 10 October 1977
Hometown: Superior, Wisconsin
High School: Superior Wisconsin High School
Married: Yes
Children: 3
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: Calvary Cemetery in Superior, Wisconsin
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