Travis R. Bruce
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Age: 22
From: Byron, Minn.
Assigned to the 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Spc. Travis R. Bruce was killed March 23 when an enemy mortar round detonated near his guard position in Baghdad.
Died: March 23, 2005
Fort Lewis MP killed in Iraq
Associated Press
ROCHESTER, Minn. — A military police officer based at Fort Lewis, Wash., was killed in Iraq, relatives said Thursday.
Spc. Travis Bruce, 22, was a 2002 graduate of Mayo High School and was serving in Baghdad when he was killed Wednesday morning. He was the first person from Rochester killed in the war, and the 20th Minnesotan connected with the conflict to die in the region since the war began.
His family learned of his death Thursday morning. They said he was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade as he stood on the roof of a building he and his unit were guarding.
Bruce joined the Army out of high school three years ago and was with the 42nd Military Police Brigade at Fort Lewis.
He left around Valentine’s Day for his second tour of duty in Iraq. He had been in the first wave of coalition forces who entered the region in March 2003 and served a one-year tour,...
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Rest in peace.