Rank: Specialist
Unit: B Co, 1st 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: 1st
Date of birth: 2 August 1982
Hometown: Elkhart, Indiana
High School: Elkhart Memorial High School
Married: Jessica
Campaign: Afghanistan
Died: 24 Aug 2010
Age at death: 28
Cause of death: Killed in action – IED
Location of fatality: Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan
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Place of interment: Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana
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