Philip G Rogers
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Age: 23
From: Gresham, Ore.
Assigned to the Army’s 3rd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Spc. Philip G. Rogers was killed April 4 when an improvised explosive device hit his military vehicle in Mosul, Iraq.
Died: April 04, 2004
Every chance he got, Philip Rogers sketched, especially the Japanese animation character, Robotech, who fights an alien race in a popular TV series. According to his family, Rogers loved to draw, not fight, and he joined the Army with the hope of getting a college education. Spc. Rogers, 23, of Gresham, Ore., was killed April 4 when a roadside bomb blew up the five-ton food delivery truck he was driving to Mosul. He worked first as a cook at Fort Lewis, Wash., and then was transferred to the base's Stryker Brigade. "He didn't plan to stay in the Army. He wanted to become an artist or a cook. He just wanted to start off somewhere," said Mark Rogers, his brother. Rogers graduated from high school in Greshman in 1999 and joined the Army right away. He...