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Jeffrey C Graham
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Name: Army 2nd Lt. Jeffrey C. Graham
Age: 24
From: Elizabethtown, Ky.
Assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Army 2nd Lt. Jeffrey C. Graham was killed Feb. 19 of injuries sustained from small-arms fire and an improvised explosive device attack in Khalidiyah, Iraq.
Died: February 19, 2004
By Cathy Dyson and Brian Baer
The Free Lance-Star / Associated Press
Age: 24
From: Elizabethtown, Ky.
Assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Army 2nd Lt. Jeffrey C. Graham was killed Feb. 19 of injuries sustained from small-arms fire and an improvised explosive device attack in Khalidiyah, Iraq.
Died: February 19, 2004
By Cathy Dyson and Brian Baer
The Free Lance-Star / Associated Press
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — People who knew Jeff Graham aren’t the least bit surprised the graduate of Stafford County’s Brooke Point High School is being heralded as a hero.
The 24-year-old Army second lieutenant was killed in central Iraq last week after a bomb exploded while he led his platoon on a foot patrol.
The group — 18 soldiers, an Iraqi translator and an Iraqi policeman — were crossing a bridge about 50 miles west of Baghdad on Feb. 19. Graham spotted an explosive taped to a guardrail, said his aunt, Sandra Bush of Frankfort, Ky. He put up his hand to stop the others, who were walking in single file, and looked back to check on them.
The bomb detonated,...
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Company C, 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident
Army 2nd Lt. Jeffrey C. Graham was killed Feb. 19 of injuries sustained from small-arms fire and an improvised explosive device attack in Khalidiyah, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Jeffrey C Graham
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.