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Bruce E Hays
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Name: Army Capt. Bruce E. Hays
Age: 42
From: Cheyenne, Wyo.;
Assigned to the Wyoming Joint Forces Headquarters, Wyoming Army National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo.;
Incident: Army Capt. Bruce E. Hays died Sept. 17 in Gerdia Seria, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Sgt. Joshua W. Harris, 1st Lt. Mohsin A. Naqvi and Staff Sgt. Jason A. Vazquez.
Died: September 17, 2008
Wyoming Guard officer killed in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
Age: 42
From: Cheyenne, Wyo.;
Assigned to the Wyoming Joint Forces Headquarters, Wyoming Army National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo.;
Incident: Army Capt. Bruce E. Hays died Sept. 17 in Gerdia Seria, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Sgt. Joshua W. Harris, 1st Lt. Mohsin A. Naqvi and Staff Sgt. Jason A. Vazquez.
Died: September 17, 2008
Wyoming Guard officer killed in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A Cheyenne man serving in the Wyoming Army National Guard has been killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, the Army said Monday.
Capt. Bruce E. Hays, 42, a member of a military transition team from Fort Riley, Kan., and three other soldiers died Sept. 17 when their vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb.
Hays was a field artillery officer serving on a military transition team assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. To date, 156 Fort Riley servicemembers have died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“This is a tragedy that touched all of us in the Wyoming National Guard. Capt. Hays was a member of our own...
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the Wyoming Joint Forces Headquarters, Wyoming Army National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo.;
Incident
Army Capt. Bruce E. Hays died Sept. 17 in Gerdia Seria, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Sgt. Joshua W. Harris, 1st Lt. Mohsin A. Naqvi and Staff Sgt. Jason A. Vazquez.
Prayers & Messages
Bruce E Hays
2008-10-11
I love you Dad
Bruce E Hays
2008-09-28
May God confort Captain Hays' family and help them through this tragedy. I thank God for men like Captain Hays who risk and sacraficed his life for me, my family, and our country. I thank God for Captain Hays' family who have to support him and have the bear the many burdens of his death , burdens that are mostly carried alone. And, I thank God for the love that will help get Captain Hays' family through this tough chapter of their life.
Bruce E Hays
2008-09-27
To those left behind I leave this candle. wife, and Two daughters. He loved you it was obvious in all that he did. I know this...He was my big brother.
Bruce E Hays
2008-09-26
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.
Bruce E Hays
2008-09-25
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.