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Paul R Syverson III
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Name: Army Maj. Paul R. Syverson III
Age: 32
From: Lake Zurich, Ill.
Assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Army Maj. Paul R. Syverson III was killed June 16 during a mortar attack when mortar rounds hit his camp in Balad, Iraq.
Died: June 16, 2004
Illinois Army officer killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 32
From: Lake Zurich, Ill.
Assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Army Maj. Paul R. Syverson III was killed June 16 during a mortar attack when mortar rounds hit his camp in Balad, Iraq.
Died: June 16, 2004
Illinois Army officer killed in Iraq
Associated Press
LAKE ZURICH, Ill. — A decorated Army major from northern Illinois who was scheduled to return shortly from Iraq has been killed, his family said.
Army Maj. Paul Syverson III, 32, was killed in action Wednesday, said his mother, Joy Syverson.
“Everything is so hard,” she said Wednesday, hours after hearing the news from an Army major who visited the family’s house in Lake Zurich. “I’m going to have an emptiness in my heart for the rest of my life.”
Paul Syverson grew up in Arlington Heights and graduated from John Hersey High School in 1989. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1993 and was assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group, based at Fort...
Occupation
the 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident
Army Maj. Paul R. Syverson III was killed June 16 during a mortar attack when mortar rounds hit his camp in Balad, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Paul R Syverson III
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.