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Heath K Pickard
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Name: Army Pfc. Heath K. Pickard
Age: 21
From: Palestine, Texas;
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska;
Incident: Army Pfc. Heath K. Pickard died Oct. 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when he received indirect fire in Baqubah, Iraq.
Died: October 16, 2008
East Texas soldier killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
Age: 21
From: Palestine, Texas;
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska;
Incident: Army Pfc. Heath K. Pickard died Oct. 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when he received indirect fire in Baqubah, Iraq.
Died: October 16, 2008
East Texas soldier killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
PALESTINE, Texas — A 21-year-old soldier from Palestine is being remembered by friends and former teachers as someone who could be counted on and loved his job.
The Department of Defense said Tuesday that Pfc. Heath K. Pickard died Thursday in Balad of wounds suffered from indirect fire in Baqubah, Iraq.
“He was proud of where he was, his occupation with the military,” Frankston High School counselor Cindy Owens said in a story in Tuesday’s online edition of The Palestine Herald. “It was like he had finally gotten what he had worked for. He wanted a family, honor and respect and he had gotten that.”
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Occupation
the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska;
Incident
Army Pfc. Heath K. Pickard died Oct. 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when he received indirect fire in Baqubah, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Heath K Pickard
2008-12-24
he was my cousin
i was allways with him, he tought me many thing in life
i am 14 (brett jones)
Heath K Pickard
2008-12-24
he was my cuz
Heath K Pickard
2008-11-26
To Heath's family...... Your are very much in my thoughts and prayers. I is still very hard to drive past the same place I saw this little boy grow into a man (across the street from where I live Brushy Creek)
D. Steele
Heath K Pickard
2008-11-01
Your sacrifice will remain in our hearts for a lifetime,
with intense gratitude. May God bless you and your family.
Rest Safely and Securely in God's Loving Arms.
Heath K Pickard
2008-10-26
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.