Kevin J. Smith
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Age: 28
From: Brandon, Fla.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Army 1st Lt. Kevin J. Smith was killed Dec. 8 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad.
Died: December 08, 2005
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Brandon soldier’s final last words: “Look after my men.”
Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. — A soldier from Brandon died in Baghdad when a bomb exploded near the convoy he was escorting, his father said.
Clifford Smith said Friday that 1st Lt. Kevin J. Smith, 28, was killed after insurgents detonated an explosive as the convoy of engineers went along the Tigris River to a power plant. The blast also injured three other soldiers, the elder Smith said.
Smith died within 30 seconds, said his mother, Georgianna Stephens-Smith. The bomb tore a hole in the Humvee and caused massive injury to his right shoulder and upper body, she said. “His last words were: ‘Look after my men.”’
Smith, a West Point graduate, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, based out of Fort Stewart, Ga.
“His commanding officer said that in...
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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.
He has proudly served his country.
Now, he proudly serves with angel's wings.