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Christopher W Barnett
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Name: Army 1st Lt. Christopher W. Barnett
Age: 32
From: Baton Rouge, La.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, Louisiana Army National Guard, Shreveport, La.
Incident: Army 1st Lt. Christopher W. Barnett was killed Dec. 23 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle in Baghdad.
Died: December 23, 2004
Louisiana Guardsman killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 32
From: Baton Rouge, La.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, Louisiana Army National Guard, Shreveport, La.
Incident: Army 1st Lt. Christopher W. Barnett was killed Dec. 23 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle in Baghdad.
Died: December 23, 2004
Louisiana Guardsman killed in Iraq
Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. — A Baton Rouge area man, 2nd Lt. Christopher W. Barnett, was killed by a roadside bomb that exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad last week, the Department of Defense said.
Barnett, 32, of Denham Springs, was killed early Thursday. He was assigned to the Army National Guard’a 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat team, based out of Shreveport.
“He believed in what he was doing,” his older brother, Jim Barnett, of Mobile, Ala., told The (Baton Rouge) Advocate. “He died doing what he wanted to do.”
Barnett had planned to join an active-duty unit again once his tour in Iraq ended, his brother said. “He loved being a soldier,” Jim...
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1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, Louisiana Army National Guard, Shreveport, La.
Incident
Army 1st Lt. Christopher W. Barnett was killed Dec. 23 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle in Baghdad.
Prayers & Messages
Christopher W Barnett
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.