1st Lt. Andrew Bacevich of Walpole, Massachusetts graduated from Heights High School in Potomac, Maryland in 1998 and then Boston University in 2003 with a degree in communications. In high school he was unable to enroll in ROTC because of his asthma. When the military eased its restrictions, he went on to become an officer serving in th United States Army. Andrew was active, athletic, humorous and liked to be with friends and play soccer. Andy's father, Andrew J. Bacevich was a Boston University professor who was a vocal critic of the Iraq war. Despite his father's strong feelings about the conflict, the elder Bacevich stood by his son's decision to serve. Andy died in Balad of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat patrol operations in Salah Ad Din Province at age 27. He was in the process of searching vehicles stuck behind a route patrol when an insurgent cell attacked the platoon from a vehicle. His actions and decisions to stop those vehicles saved many civilian lives the IED vest was intended to kill.
Army
3rd Battalion
8th Cavalry Regiment
3rd Brigade Combat Team
1st Cavalry Division
Fort Hood, Texas
Army
3rd Battalion
8th Cavalry Regiment
3rd Brigade Combat Team
1st Cavalry Division
Fort Hood, Texas
1st Lt. Andrew Bacevich of Walpole, Massachusetts graduated from Heights High School in Potomac, Maryland in 1998 and then Boston University in 2003 with a degree in communications. In high school he was unable to enroll in ROTC because of his asthma. When the military eased its restrictions, he went on to become an officer serving in th United States Army. Andrew was active, athletic, humorous and liked to be with friends and play soccer. Andy's father, Andrew J. Bacevich was a Boston University professor who was a vocal critic of the Iraq war. Despite his father's strong feelings about the conflict, the elder Bacevich stood by his son's decision to serve. Andy died in Balad of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat patrol operations in Salah Ad Din Province at age 27. He was in the process of searching vehicles stuck behind a route patrol when an insurgent cell attacked the platoon from a vehicle. His actions and decisions to stop those vehicles saved many civilian lives the IED vest was intended to kill.
Army
3rd Battalion
8th Cavalry Regiment
3rd Brigade Combat Team
1st Cavalry Division
Fort Hood, Texas
Army
3rd Battalion
8th Cavalry Regiment
3rd Brigade Combat Team
1st Cavalry Division
Fort Hood, Texas
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