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SGT Gary Michael Henry

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SGT Gary Michael Henry Veteran

Birth
Death
4 Aug 2008 (aged 34)
Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Burial
Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Sgt. Gary M. Henry of Indianapolis, Indiana was a 1992 graduate of Whiteland Community High School. He was currently a 12-year veteran of the Indianapolis Fire Department and worked as a special operations rescue coordinator. His passion for public service was exemplified in his actions; he served as a soldier and a firefighter. He was head of the CRT Team, a paramedic and a Marion County Deputy. Gary most recently oversaw special operations rescue, specializing as a diver and a paramedic. He was killed by a roadside bomb while serving in Iraq with the National Guard. At home he was an Indianapolis Fire Department captain. His unit trained at Fort Dix, New Jersey before shipping out to Iraq in June 2008. He was an avid diver and enjoyed a day out on his motorcycle, computer games and rc racing. He was a devoted husband and father. He was married and he had three kids. He was supposed to come home just before February 2009. He died in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when debris from an improvised explosive device detonation on an overpass fell onto their vehicle. He was 34. G.H. Herrmann Greenwood Funeral Home

Army
National Guard
38th Military Police Company
38th Infantry Division
Danville, Indiana
Sgt. Gary M. Henry of Indianapolis, Indiana was a 1992 graduate of Whiteland Community High School. He was currently a 12-year veteran of the Indianapolis Fire Department and worked as a special operations rescue coordinator. His passion for public service was exemplified in his actions; he served as a soldier and a firefighter. He was head of the CRT Team, a paramedic and a Marion County Deputy. Gary most recently oversaw special operations rescue, specializing as a diver and a paramedic. He was killed by a roadside bomb while serving in Iraq with the National Guard. At home he was an Indianapolis Fire Department captain. His unit trained at Fort Dix, New Jersey before shipping out to Iraq in June 2008. He was an avid diver and enjoyed a day out on his motorcycle, computer games and rc racing. He was a devoted husband and father. He was married and he had three kids. He was supposed to come home just before February 2009. He died in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when debris from an improvised explosive device detonation on an overpass fell onto their vehicle. He was 34. G.H. Herrmann Greenwood Funeral Home

Army
National Guard
38th Military Police Company
38th Infantry Division
Danville, Indiana

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