Bryan A. Lewis
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Age: 32
From: Bunkie, La.
Assigned to the 519th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, Fort Polk, La.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Bryan A. Lewis was killed March 13 when an improvised device detonated near his Humvee during convoy operations north of Rustamiyah, Iraq.
Died: March 13, 2006
Fort Polk soldier killed in Iraq
FORT POLK, La. — A soldier from Fort Polk was among at least 15 people killed by bomb blasts and shootings in Iraq on Monday.
The Department of Defense released his name Thursday: Staff Sgt. Brian Anthony Lewis, 32, of Bunkie, La.
Lewis, a military policeman, was in a convoy when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle, according to a news release from Fort Polk.
Lewis was assigned to the 258th Military Police Co., 519th Military Police Battalion, Warrior Brigade. He joined the Army in June 1993 and arrived at Fort Polk in July of 2001.
A memorial service for Lewis will be held Friday at the base’s Main Post Chapel.
Fort Polk spokeswoman Samantha Evans wrote that Lewis’ mother, Delores Lewis, asked that reporters not contact her.
The military said earlier that bomb blasts and shootings in Baghdad and north of the capital, many of them targeting Iraqi police patrols, killed at...
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Prayers & Messages
till the shadows lengthen,
and the evening comes,
and the busy world is hushed,
and the fever of life is over
and our work is done.
Then in His mercy
may He give us a safe lodging,
and holy rest and peace at the last.
Amen.
My sincere heartfelt condolences to Bryan's family and friends