Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: Engineer Trp, Fires Squadron, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Vilseck, Germany
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
Deployments: 2 in Iraq, 1 in Afghanistan
Date of birth: 28 October 1981
Hometown: Pearl, Mississippi
High School: Pearl High School
Campaign: Afghanistan
Died: 16 May 2011
Age at death: 29
Cause of death: Killed in action – IED
Location of fatality: Spin Ghbarga, Afghanistan
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Place of interment: Unknown
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