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Ian D Manuel
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Name: Army Chief Warrant Officer Ian D. Manuel
Age: 23
From: Florida was
Assigned to the 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Chief Warrant Officer Ian D. Manuel was killed Jan. 8 while on board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when it crashed during a Medevac mission in Fallujah, Iraq.
Died: January 08, 2004
Grieving mother receives letter from soldier son after his death
Associated Press
Age: 23
From: Florida was
Assigned to the 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Chief Warrant Officer Ian D. Manuel was killed Jan. 8 while on board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when it crashed during a Medevac mission in Fallujah, Iraq.
Died: January 08, 2004
Grieving mother receives letter from soldier son after his death
Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Va. — The letter that arrived at Tita Derrow’s Chesapeake home on Jan. 20 was much like all the others.
Here was her son’s upbeat voice again, describing his life as a helicopter pilot in Iraq. He had recently moved from near the Syrian border to Fallujah, where the food was much better, and where he lived in a sandbagged tent that looked like a machine gunner’s nest.
The plastic Christmas tree with red, white and blue decorations she sent in the care package with the beef jerky was “the perfect touch,” and he was counting the days until his tour of duty, which began last April, was finally over.
The letter, dated Dec. 20,...
Occupation
the 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident
Army Chief Warrant Officer Ian D. Manuel was killed Jan. 8 while on board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when it crashed during a Medevac mission in Fallujah, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Ian D Manuel
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.