Rank: Private First Class
Unit: Howitzer Btry, 2nd Squadron, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Fort Polk, Louisiana
MOS: 13F – Fire Support Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon
Badges: Combat Action Badge
Deployments: 1 in Iraq
Enlisted: 2002
Date of birth: 15-Mar-1984
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
High School: GED
Campaign: Iraq
Died: 12-Feb-2004
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Killed in action – IED
Location of fatality: Baghdad, Iraq
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Place of interment: Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon
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