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James Michael Goins
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Name: Army 2nd Lt. James Michael Goins
Age: 23
From: Bonner Springs, Kan.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army 2nd Lt. James Michael Goins was killed Aug. 15 by hostile fire in Najaf, Iraq.
Died: August 15, 2004
Fort Hood soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 23
From: Bonner Springs, Kan.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army 2nd Lt. James Michael Goins was killed Aug. 15 by hostile fire in Najaf, Iraq.
Died: August 15, 2004
Fort Hood soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A soldier who was killed in an attack in Najaf, Iraq, was a high school valedictorian from Bonner Springs, Kan., who was “born to be a soldier,” his father said.
The Defense Department said Tuesday that 2nd Lt. James Michael Goins, 23, of Bonner Springs, died Sunday from hostile fire. Goins was assigned to the Army’s 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, based out of Fort Hood, Texas.
Killed in the same attack was Spc. Mark Anthony Zapata, 27, of Edinburg, Texas. He was assigned to the same unit.
Goins’ father, Jim Goins, said his son was killed when a gunman climbed on top of his tank and fired into its open hatch.
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the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident
Army 2nd Lt. James Michael Goins was killed Aug. 15 by hostile fire in Najaf, Iraq.
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James Michael Goins
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.