Jason N Lynch
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Age: 21
From: St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division, Bamberg, Germany
Incident: Army Pfc. Jason N. Lynch was killed June 18 by small-arms fire as his unit was engaging the enemy in Buhriz, Iraq.
Died: June 18, 2004
Growing up in the Virgin Islands, soft-spoken Jason Lynch loved the laid back sounds of Reggae music and the sport of cricket. But he always dreamed of being a soldier. He worked out tirelessly in preparation for basic training and even bought a pellet gun for target practice, said his 14-year-old brother, Jamil. "Jason always wanted to go into the Army. He wanted to fight. He didn't want to be behind a desk," said his girlfriend Elizabeth Castro, 18, who resisted Lynch's entreaties for her to join the Army, too. Lynch, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, died June 18 in an attack in Buhriz, Iraq. He was stationed in Bamberg, Germany. Lynch turned 21 in Iraq, where he took his assignment in stride, regularly sending letters to his mother, Paula Lynch, and video...