Adam N. Brewer
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Age: 22
From: Dewey, Okla.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Spc. Adam N. Brewer was killed Feb. 25 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was on dismounted patrol in Taji, Iraq. Also
Died: February 25, 2005
Slain soldier just weeks from coming home
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — The fact that Adam Noel Brewer was just weeks away from finishing a second tour of duty in Iraq and returning to Oklahoma made his death even harder for family members to take.
The Bartlesville man and two other U.S. soldiers died Friday when a land mine detonated while they were on patrol in Taji, Iraq, officials said.
Brewer, 22, chatted online with his 19-year-old sister, Jennifer Sullivan, just three days before his death, saying he’d be home soon, his mother, Karen Brewer, said.
“When I got the phone call, it was so close to him coming back,” his father, Jeffrey Brewer, said. “It just devastated me.”
Jeffrey Brewer said the last time he spoke with his son, Adam Brewer mentioned a recent incident in which a homemade bomb had gone off nearby and injured a fellow soldier.
“He told me he hopes he makes it home, and that he...
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