David H. Ford IV
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Age: 20
From: Ironton, Ohio
Assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.,
Incident: Army Spc. David H. Ford IV was killed Sept. 16 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank during patrol operations in Baghdad. Also
Died: September 16, 2005
Army specialist with college ambitions laid to rest
Associated Press
IRONTON, Ohio — An Ohio soldier who was saving money to study forensic pathology was buried in his hometown Wednesday after he was killed in Iraq.
Friends recalled Army Spec. David Ford, 20, as a proud soldier who always smiled and treated his friends like family. He was killed Sept. 16, six days after his birthday, when a bomb detonated near his tank.
At his funeral, Brig. Gen. John C. Bartley read a statement from Ford’s commander in Iraq.
“When I saw him, I thought to myself, ‘My goodness, this soldier looks so young,’ but as time went by I saw him mature from a boy into a man,” Bartley said, reading from the letter. “Watching him grow amazed me. As first gunner I could see he was nervous, but before I knew it, he was standing before me grinning from ear to ear.”
Ford, whose father was in the military and whose brother also serves in the...
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The namesake of a family has come to an end.