
FORT POLK, La. — An Army private killed in Iraq was recalled in a Jan. 14 memorial service as a friend to his family and his fellow soldiers.
Pvt. Rey D. Cuervo, 24, was killed Dec. 28 in Baghdad when an explosive device hit his mounted patrol. He was assigned to 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based at Fort Polk.
More than 100 family, friends and colleagues gathered at a chapel here to remember Cuervo Wednesday. Lt. Col. Joseph Conn, an Army chaplain, spoke about the importance of friendship, saying Cuervo had been a friend to many of those in attendance.
The eulogy was delivered by 1st Sgt. Kevin Strickland, who is assigned...