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Gregory P Sanders
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Name: Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders
Age: 19
From: Hobart, Ind.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders was killed in action in Iraq.
Died: March 24, 2003
Age: 19
From: Hobart, Ind.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders was killed in action in Iraq.
Died: March 24, 2003
Greg Sanders, the son of a Navy sailor, was wearing combat gear even before he was out of diapers.
“He wanted to be a soldier,” said his mother, Leslie Sanders, holding a photo of her son, age 2, wearing a green-and-khaki camouflage T-shirt. “He was born to be a soldier.”
Sanders, 19, of Hobart, Ind., was killed in a sniper shooting Monday in Iraq as his unit moved north toward Baghdad. His wife, Ruthann, was his high school sweetheart, and they have a 14-month-old daughter, Gwendolyn.
“We’re just trying to take it one day at a time,” Ruthann Sanders said. “We’re very proud of him.”
Leslie Sanders said her son enlisted right after...
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3rd Battalion, 69th Armor, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident
Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders was killed in action in Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Gregory P Sanders
2010-05-31
In memory of Greg Sanders , God Blees and R.I.P. I wrote a song for the Sander's Family called " Your Daadys a Hero " .
www.myspace.com/yourdaddysahero
You will always be a hero to our Family .
Gregory P Sanders
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.