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Scott C Rose

Scott C Rose

US Army Fayetteville, NC Age: 30 Views: 1768

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Name: Army Sgt. Scott C. Rose

Age: 30

From: Fayetteville, N.C.

Assigned to 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.

Incident: Army Sgt. Scott C. Rose was killed Nov. 7 when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down in Tikrit, Iraq.

Died: November 07, 2003


Soldier killed in Iraq remembered in Vermont

Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Army Staff Sgt. Scott Rose told his wife Michele last year that if he were killed in Iraq he wanted his funeral to be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in her hometown.

On Nov. 22 Rose, who was killed when the helicopter he was in went down near Tikrit, Iraq, got his wish.

The Rev. Peter Williams recalls Rose was struck by the church and its community when he and his wife visited last Christmas.

There was something about the church, with its stained glass windows honoring the saints, and its vaulted painted ceiling, overlooking the Black River and downtown Springfield, that spoke to Rose, who was born in Massachusetts and grew up in North...

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5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), based in Fort Campbell, Ky.

Incident

Army Sgt. Scott C. Rose was killed Nov. 7 when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down in Tikrit, Iraq.

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Scott C Rose
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.