Rank: Private First Class
Unit: E Trp, 2d Squadron, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Fort Polk, Louisiana
MOS: 19D – Cavalry Scout
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon
Deployments: 1 in Iraq
Enlisted: 2003
Date of birth: 8-Apr-1980
Hometown: Citrus Heights, California
High School: Pinole Valley High School
Campaign: Iraq
Died: 9-Oct-2003
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Killed in action – Rocket propelled grenade and small arms fire
Location of fatality: Baghdad, Iraq
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Place of interment: East Lawn Memorial Park in Sacramento, California
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Notes: Christopher W. Swisher was killed in the same incident