Henry A Bacon
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Age: 45
From: Wagram, N.C.
Assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 4th Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Sgt. 1st Class Henry A. Bacon was killed Feb. 20 when he was struck by a recovery vehicle while he was assisting a disabled vehicle in Dujayl, Iraq.
Died: February 20, 2004
Sgt. 1st Class Henry A. Bacon delayed his retirement so he could serve in Iraq. After being stationed in Germany during the first Gulf War, he was looking forward to being on the front lines. “I want to go do my job just one time before I get out,” his daughter Tabitha Bonilla recalled him saying.
The 45-year-old mechanical maintenance supervisor from Wagram, N.C., died Feb. 20 in Dujayl, Iraq, when he was hit by one vehicle while repairing another. He was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.
Bacon was raised on Army posts while his father served in the military.
“I had tried to get him to retire before anything happened in Iraq,” Robert Bacon said of his son. “He said, ‘Dad, I went into the service to fight for my country.’”
The 21-year veteran had...