Army Spc. Arriaga was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. Arriaga was killed in an ambush by small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades in Tikrit. Richard graduated from Louise High School and joined the Army in August 2001. While in Iraq, he called home every week to check on his family, especially his newborn daughter he had never seen. Richard married his girlfriend, Maggie, a week before he left for Iraq, so the baby would be born with his name. He wanted everything to be taken care of in case something happened to him.
Army Spc. Arriaga was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. Arriaga was killed in an ambush by small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades in Tikrit. Richard graduated from Louise High School and joined the Army in August 2001. While in Iraq, he called home every week to check on his family, especially his newborn daughter he had never seen. Richard married his girlfriend, Maggie, a week before he left for Iraq, so the baby would be born with his name. He wanted everything to be taken care of in case something happened to him.
