Gregory N. Millard
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Age: 22
From: San Diego
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Cpl. Gregory N. Millard died May 26 in Samarra, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed were Sgt. Clayton G. Dunn II and Cpl. Michael J. Jaurigue.
Died: May 26, 2007
Paratroopers killed by bomb on patrol in Iraq
The Associated Press
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The deaths of three 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers were announced on Memorial Day, hours after ceremonies were held on and around their Army post to remember other soldiers who died in combat.
The paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team died Saturday from injuries sustained when a bomb detonated while they patrolled in Iraq’s Salah ad Din province.
The division identified the victims as Cpl. Michael J. Jaurigue, 20, of Texas City, Texas Sgt. Clayton G. Dunn II, 22, of Moreno Valley, Calif., and Cpl. Gregory N. Millard, 22, of San Diego.
Jaurique was an automatic rifleman who joined the division in August 2005. He is survived by his parents, Jose N. and Juana N. Jaurigue, of Texas City, Texas.
Dunn was a team leader described by his company commander as devoted to his soldiers. He...