George R. Geer
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Age: 27
From: Cortez, Colo.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea
Incident: Army Pfc. George R. Geer was killed Jan. 17 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his position in Ramadi, Iraq. Also
Died: January 17, 2005
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Soldier from Cortez killed in Iraq
Associated Press
CORTEZ, Colo. — Pfc. George Geer joined a family tradition stretching to the Revolutionary War when he joined the Army at the age of 25, just before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, his father said.
Geer, 27, was killed by a bomb in Iraq on Monday while inspecting a suspicious vehicle, said his father, Harold Geer.
The last time the soldier talked to his family Saturday, he wanted to hear about the snow in the mountains of southwestern Colorado, his family said. He loved to ski, travel, ride horses, hunt elk, and race cars and motorcycles.
He had been scheduled to come home for a leave in February.
Geer was survived by his father his older sister, Hope and his mother, Lois. A brother, Chad, died in a car accident in 1989 at age 19.
“I kept thinking George will be all right because I couldn’t go...
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Prayers & Messages
I am so sorry for your loss to this war...but may your family be comforted in that you were doing what you believed in. Such a shame. I am sorry for your loss...I am sorry. I wish I could change it. I wish you were here.
God bless you for your service to our country and to the world. May you rest in peace.
Sincerely,
Mary