Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: L Trp, 4th Squadron, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Duty station: Vilseck, Germany
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army NCO Professional Development Ribbon Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (2)
Deployments: 2 in Iraq
Date of birth: 27-Feb-1980
Hometown: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Married: Latricia
Children: Xavier and Jade
Campaign: Iraq
Died: 15-Jul-2008
Age at death: 28
Cause of death: Killed in action – IED
Location of fatality: Baghdad, Iraq
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Place of interment: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas
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Notes: Enlisted in the United States Army following in the footsteps of his older brother Justin, a helicopter pilot in the Army.