Dustin A. Yancey
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Age: 22
From: Goose Creek, S.C.
Assigned to the 26th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Army Pfc. Dustin A. Yancey was killed Nov. 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during convoy operations in Baghdad. Also
Died: November 04, 2005
Family, friends say goodbye to Iowa native killed in Iraq
Associated Press
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Friends and family gathered Saturday to say goodbye to Army Spc. Dustin A. Yancey, who was killed in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
Yancey, 22, was killed Nov. 4 in Baghdad when a bomb exploded near the Humvee he was driving. He was expected to return to the United States in January.
Yancey served in the 26th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. He was a member of the “Top Flite” platoon, a group that provided security to military convoys.
During the service, Capt. David Langer, an Army chaplain, read a letter written by Yancey’s battalion commander, Lt. Col. Michael Armstead.
“Dustin gave us so much and asked for so little,” he read. “He was so good at everything he did.”
Yancey was nicknamed, “the most advanced,” by his friends, the letter read.
Yancey played guitar,...
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Prayers & Messages
I would like to offer my sincerest thanks for the service of their son/brother/friend. It is only because of men like him that people in this great land are afforded the abundant lives we enjoy. Thank you for the gift that was Pfc. Dustin A. Yancey. This world is safer for his sacrifice on behalf of the cause of freedom.
Ryan, Amarillo TX