Landon S. Giles
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Age: 19
From: Indiana, Pa.
Assigned to the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Army Pvt. Landon S. Giles was killed Feb. 26 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was on patrol in Abertha, Iraq. Also
Died: February 26, 2005
Arkansas soldier fought for others’ rights, mother says
Associated Press
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — A 19-year-old soldier from Arkansas who was killed in Iraq over the weekend saw his chance to help others when that country was torn by war, his family said.
Pvt. Landon Scott Giles died in Abertha, Iraq, on Saturday when a homemade bomb went off while he was on patrol. Pfc. Min S. Choi, 21, of River Vale, N.J., also was killed in the blast.
“Landon always took up for the underdog,” his mother Kim Giles said Wednesday. “I believe that’s why he was in Iraq. He was just an extraordinary person.”
Family members said the young man lived for adventure and signed up for military service before he got out of high school because he wanted to help the people of Iraq.
Giles grew up in Arkadelphia and graduated from high school there last May. He entered the Army in June as an indirect fire infantryman. He had been in Iraq only...