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Christopher J. Taylor
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Name: Army Sgt. Christopher J. Taylor
Age: 22
From: Opelika, Ala.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Army Sgt. Christopher J. Taylor was killed July 24 when he was hit by mortar rounds while he was exiting a bunker in Balad, Iraq.
Died: July 24, 2005
Mayor praises bravery of fallen Opelika soldier
Associated Press
Age: 22
From: Opelika, Ala.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Army Sgt. Christopher J. Taylor was killed July 24 when he was hit by mortar rounds while he was exiting a bunker in Balad, Iraq.
Died: July 24, 2005
Mayor praises bravery of fallen Opelika soldier
Associated Press
OPELIKA, Ala. — The mayor of Opelika has praised the courage of Sgt. Christopher J. Taylor, the second soldier from the east Alabama city killed in Iraq.
“I just want to extend my deepest sympathy to the family,” Mayor Gary Fuller said Tuesday. “I applaud his bravery, and I’m so grateful to all the servicemen.”
Taylor, 22, died Sunday in a mortar attack in Balad, Iraq, the Defense Department said. The mortar rounds hit Taylor as he was exiting a bunker, the military said.
Taylor was a graduate of Opelika High School, city schools spokeswoman Kathy Larkin said.
He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Ga.
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the 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident
Army Sgt. Christopher J. Taylor was killed July 24 when he was hit by mortar rounds while he was exiting a bunker in Balad, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Army Sgt. Christopher J. Taylor
2005-08-18
We Thought of You With Love Today
We thought of you with love today,
but that is nothing new.
We thought about you yesterday,
and days before that too.
We think of you in silence,
we often speak your name;
All we have now are memories,
and your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake,
with which we will never part;
God has you in his keep,
we have you in our heart.
It broke our heart to lose you.
But you didn't go alone,
For a part of us went with you...
the day God took you home.
~Author Unknown~
GOD BLESS
We thought of you with love today,
but that is nothing new.
We thought about you yesterday,
and days before that too.
We think of you in silence,
we often speak your name;
All we have now are memories,
and your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake,
with which we will never part;
God has you in his keep,
we have you in our heart.
It broke our heart to lose you.
But you didn't go alone,
For a part of us went with you...
the day God took you home.
~Author Unknown~
GOD BLESS