Carson J. Ramsey
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Age: 22
From: Winkelman, Ariz.
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Pvt. Carson J. Ramsey was killed Oct. 10 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle in Baghdad.
Died: October 10, 2004
Fort Hood soldier killed in Baghdad car bombing
By Sandy Yang
Associated Press
PHOENIX — A 22-year-old Army private who had survived a roadside bombing in Iraq just two months ago was killed in combat, his father and the Department of Defense said Monday.
Pvt. Carson J. Ramsey, who grew up near Mammoth, Ariz., had been in Iraq since March but had already been awarded a Silver Star for a rescue and two Purple Hearts for combat wounds suffered in separate incidents.
He was killed Sunday in Baghdad when a car bomb was detonated outside an east Baghdad market as a U.S. military convoy was passing by.
He was among at least 11 people killed in one of two nearly simultaneous car-bombings in Baghdad. The other happened near an east Baghdad police academy.
Ramsey was a member of the 1st Cavalry Division based at Fort Hood, Texas. He was trained as a gunner, and drove and loaded tanks.
His father, Cecil...