Chad L Keith
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Age: 21
From: the road.
Assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, N.C. was
Incident: Army Sgt. Chad L. Keith was killed July 7 in Baghdad.
Keith was on mounted patrol when his vehicle drove past an object that exploded on the side of the road.
Died: July 07, 2003
Indiana soldier buried in nation’s capital
Associated Press
An Indiana soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on the same day he was to be promoted to sergeant from specialist.
Friends and relatives remembered Sgt. Chad Keith, 21, of Batesville on July 31 as a humble man who lived his life one day at a time.
The 2000 Batesville High School graduate, who was killed July 7 in Baghdad, was awarded the rank of sergeant posthumously.
An awning protected about 30 mourners, including Keith’s parents, two sisters and brother and other relatives and friends, from light rain during the 25-minute ceremony.
Keith, who was a member of Company D, 2nd Battalion of the...
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Keith was on mounted patrol when his vehicle drove past an object that exploded on the side of the road.