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Ricky L Crockett
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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Ricky L. Crockett
Age: 37
From: Broxton, Ga.
Assigned to Company D, 51st Signal Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Ricky L. Crockett was killed in action when he was struck by an improvised explosive device while on a mounted patrol, on Jan. 12 in Baghdad.
Died: January 12, 2004
Georgia soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 37
From: Broxton, Ga.
Assigned to Company D, 51st Signal Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Ricky L. Crockett was killed in action when he was struck by an improvised explosive device while on a mounted patrol, on Jan. 12 in Baghdad.
Died: January 12, 2004
Georgia soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
ATLANTA — An Army mechanic from Broxton, Ga., has been killed in Iraq, family members said Tuesday.
Ricky Crockett, 38, was killed Jan. 12 when an explosion destroyed the truck he was driving, said sister Catherine Brockington. Family members were notified on Jan. 12 of Crockett’s death. The military did not immediately confirm Crockett’s death.
Crockett served with the 82nd Airborne Division out of Fort Bragg, N.C.
Brockington said Crockett’s body would likely be returned to Broxton, 170 miles southeast of Atlanta, by Jan. 15.
Crockett had been in the Army for 20 years and was looking forward to retiring in August, his sister said.
Nearly a dozen of his...
Occupation
Company D, 51st Signal Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Ricky L. Crockett was killed in action when he was struck by an improvised explosive device while on a mounted patrol, on Jan. 12 in Baghdad.
Prayers & Messages
Ricky L Crockett
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.