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Gary B Coleman
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Name: Army Cpl. Gary B. Coleman
Age: 24
From: Pikeville, Ky.
Assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (Mech), based in Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Cpl. Gary B. Coleman was killed Nov. 21 during a patrol when the vehicle he was driving flipped over into a canal, trapping him inside, in Balad, Iraq.
Died: November 21, 2003
Cpl. Coleman comes home for good
By Deborah Hastings
Associated Press
Age: 24
From: Pikeville, Ky.
Assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (Mech), based in Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Cpl. Gary B. Coleman was killed Nov. 21 during a patrol when the vehicle he was driving flipped over into a canal, trapping him inside, in Balad, Iraq.
Died: November 21, 2003
Cpl. Coleman comes home for good
By Deborah Hastings
Associated Press
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — He traveled in his green dress uniform, in a gleaming oak box. His buttons were polished, his handsome face meticulously preserved by the Army mortician so his family could have an open-casket funeral.
Cpl. Gary Brent Coleman, age 24, was supposed to arrive Thanksgiving weekend for a two-week vacation from war.
He came home early.
He was born and raised in this Appalachian county, like his father before him. On Sunday, he was buried here, in the Eastern Kentucky hills that he died for.
On Nov. 21, near Balad, Iraq, Coleman and two soldiers were chasing a vehicle they considered suspicious when their Humvee flipped into a...
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B Company, 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (Mech), based in Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident
Army Cpl. Gary B. Coleman was killed Nov. 21 during a patrol when the vehicle he was driving flipped over into a canal, trapping him inside, in Balad, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Gary B Coleman
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.