Timothy D. Watkins
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Age: 24
From: San Bernardino, Calif.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
Incident: Army Spc. Timothy D. Watkins was killed Oct. 15 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle during combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq.
Died: October 15, 2005
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Soldier believed in Iraq mission
Associated Press
YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. — An Army Specialist from this Southern California desert town was among five soldiers killed by a powerful roadside bomb that shredded their heavily-armored Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a recent operation in Iraq, military officials said.
Spc. Timothy Watkins, 24, died Oct. 15 while participating in a combat mission in Ramadi, a mostly Sunni Arab city about 70 miles west of Baghdad, the military announced Tuesday. He and the other soldiers had been assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Benning, Ga.
In August, Watkins spent two weeks at his parents’ home after serving for seven months in Iraq, said his father, Rob Watkins.
“He was great,” said Watkins, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church Yucca Valley, a city of about 19,000 people 120 miles east of Los...
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Prayers & Messages
Dear Lord hear my prayer.
Please embrace with all Your love and mercy the soul of this brave soldier, Army Spc. Timothy D. Watkins, and comfort him with Your Divine Presence.
Bless his heart and keep his family in Your Hands, Guard them and comfort them.
Amen