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Andrew F Chris
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Name: Army Spc. Andrew F. Chris
Age: 25
From: San Diego
Assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.
Incident: Army Spc. Andrew F. Chris was killed June 25 in Iraq. Chris was fatally wounded in combat operations in hostile enemy territory.
Died: June 25, 2003
Age: 25
From: San Diego
Assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.
Incident: Army Spc. Andrew F. Chris was killed June 25 in Iraq. Chris was fatally wounded in combat operations in hostile enemy territory.
Died: June 25, 2003
Army Ranger Andrew Chris called his brother on June 22 to let him know he was headed overseas.
“He said, ‘This is the last time I’m going to call you from the States,’ ” Josh Chris recalled.
Andrew Chris died just a few days later. The Florence, Ala., native was killed along with another Ranger on June 25 when a vehicle packed with explosives on the side of a Baghdad road detonated.
“He went through some of the most rigorous training in the world just to be a Ranger,” Josh Chris said. “But he loved it. He’d go on a 20-mile hike with a 60-pound pack and call me that night and be in a great mood.”
Chris, who lived in San Diego, followed a long line of relatives into the military. Both of his grandfathers served in World War II, his...
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Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.
Incident
Army Spc. Andrew F. Chris was killed June 25 in Iraq. Chris was fatally wounded in combat operations in hostile enemy territory.
Prayers & Messages
Andrew F Chris
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.