SFC US Army
3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Ft Stewart, GA.
He was one of nine children, grew up in South Central Los Angeles, and joined the US Army at age 18. He volunteered to go to Iraq and was one of the oldest men in his brigade. Soldiers from his division were among the first to storm Baghdad and his troops meant everything to him. He was killed in Iraq when his unit was ambushed. Near the head of his convoy, he opened up with a grenade launcher in the turret of his soft-skin Humvee. He had just sent grenades crashing toward the gunmen when the top of the Humvee exploded and he was blown out of the vehicle by a grenade blast. Due to increased gunfire and explosives by the enemy, it was a week before the battalion was able to retrieve his body. In one of his last emails home, he intended to "ensure that all my men return home safely." His family takes comfort in the fact that he was doing what he wanted to do.
He was survived by his wife; their three children; and three children from a previous marriage.
Interment on May 15, 2003.
3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Ft Stewart, GA.
He was one of nine children, grew up in South Central Los Angeles, and joined the US Army at age 18. He volunteered to go to Iraq and was one of the oldest men in his brigade. Soldiers from his division were among the first to storm Baghdad and his troops meant everything to him. He was killed in Iraq when his unit was ambushed. Near the head of his convoy, he opened up with a grenade launcher in the turret of his soft-skin Humvee. He had just sent grenades crashing toward the gunmen when the top of the Humvee exploded and he was blown out of the vehicle by a grenade blast. Due to increased gunfire and explosives by the enemy, it was a week before the battalion was able to retrieve his body. In one of his last emails home, he intended to "ensure that all my men return home safely." His family takes comfort in the fact that he was doing what he wanted to do.
He was survived by his wife; their three children; and three children from a previous marriage.
Interment on May 15, 2003.
SFC US Army
3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Ft Stewart, GA.
He was one of nine children, grew up in South Central Los Angeles, and joined the US Army at age 18. He volunteered to go to Iraq and was one of the oldest men in his brigade. Soldiers from his division were among the first to storm Baghdad and his troops meant everything to him. He was killed in Iraq when his unit was ambushed. Near the head of his convoy, he opened up with a grenade launcher in the turret of his soft-skin Humvee. He had just sent grenades crashing toward the gunmen when the top of the Humvee exploded and he was blown out of the vehicle by a grenade blast. Due to increased gunfire and explosives by the enemy, it was a week before the battalion was able to retrieve his body. In one of his last emails home, he intended to "ensure that all my men return home safely." His family takes comfort in the fact that he was doing what he wanted to do.
He was survived by his wife; their three children; and three children from a previous marriage.
Interment on May 15, 2003.
3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Ft Stewart, GA.
He was one of nine children, grew up in South Central Los Angeles, and joined the US Army at age 18. He volunteered to go to Iraq and was one of the oldest men in his brigade. Soldiers from his division were among the first to storm Baghdad and his troops meant everything to him. He was killed in Iraq when his unit was ambushed. Near the head of his convoy, he opened up with a grenade launcher in the turret of his soft-skin Humvee. He had just sent grenades crashing toward the gunmen when the top of the Humvee exploded and he was blown out of the vehicle by a grenade blast. Due to increased gunfire and explosives by the enemy, it was a week before the battalion was able to retrieve his body. In one of his last emails home, he intended to "ensure that all my men return home safely." His family takes comfort in the fact that he was doing what he wanted to do.
He was survived by his wife; their three children; and three children from a previous marriage.
Interment on May 15, 2003.
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