Erik W Hayes

Name: Army Spc. Erik W. Hayes

Age: 24

From: Cascade, Md.

Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany

Incident: Army Spc. Erik W. Hayes was killed Nov. 29 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle in Al Miqdadiyah, Iraq.

Died: November 29, 2004

Carroll County soldier killed in Iraq roadside bombing

Associated Press

HARNEY, Md. — A soldier from Cascade who grew up in Frederick and Carroll counties was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb, his father said Thursday.

Spc. Erik Hayes, 24, died Nov. 29 in Miqdadiyah, Iraq, when an improvised bomb detonated near his military vehicle, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Hayes was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, based out of Vilseck, Germany.

Hayes was born in Gettysburg, Pa., and grew up in Thurmont and Harney, where his father, Douglas Hayes, still lives. He graduated in 1998 from the Living Word Academy in Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.

After high school Erik had jobs that ranged...