Brian McElroy
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Age: 28
From: San Antonio
Assigned to the 3rd Security Forces Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
Incident: Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian McElroy was killed Jan. 22 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while he was conducting convoy escort duties in the vicinity of Taji, Iraq. Also
Died: January 22, 2006
Okla., Texas airmen killed by IED
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — Two airmen, one from Oklahoma and the other from Texas, were killed in Iraq when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while they were escorting a convoy near Taji, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
Tech. Sgt. Jason L. Norton, 31, of Miami, Okla., and Staff Sgt. Brian McElroy, 28, of San Antonio, Texas, died on Sunday.
Both men were assigned to the 3rd Security Forces Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.
Norton’s wife, Cristina Norton, said he was devoted to their two children, a son, 7, and a daughter, 8.
“He was the best father in the world, and I said that before anything happened,” she said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “Family was his everything.”
McElroy also was married with children, and officials said his wife is with her family in Colorado. Officials declined to release her...
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Prayers & Messages
into the house and gate of heaven,
to enter into that gate, and dwell in that house where there shall be
no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light;
no noise nor silence, but one equal music;
no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession;
no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity;
in the habitation of Thy glory and dominion,
world without end. Amen.
My sincere heartfelt condolences to Brian's family and friends. May God give you peace in your heart and strength to carry on.