James D. McNaughton
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Age: 27
From: Middle Village, N.Y.
Assigned to the 306th Military Police Battalion, 800th Military Police Brigade, Army Reserve, Uniondale, N.Y.
Incident: Army Reserve Staff Sgt. James D. McNaughton was killed Aug. 2 by enemy sniper fire in Baghdad.
Died: August 02, 2005
New York police officer killed in Iraq
By David B. Caruso
Associated Press
NEW YORK — A New York City police officer serving in the Army Reserve was shot and killed by a sniper while guarding prisoners at a camp in Iraq, city officials said Wednesday.
Staff Sgt. James McNaughton, 27, is the first member of the force to be killed in action in Iraq, the police department said. He died Tuesday at Camp Victory, outside Baghdad.
McNaughton joined the New York Police Department in July 2001 and was assigned to its transit bureau, which patrols city subways.
Police work was the family business. His father is a retired New York police officer. His stepmother is an officer in the transit bureau. He was engaged to be married to an officer in the 9th Precinct.
McNaughton, whose family lived in Centereach, on Long Island, deployed to Iraq with the 306th Military Police Battalion, 77th U.S. Army Regional Readiness...
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James, you were too young to die, like a lot of other soldiers are. But I bet you were a brave soldier and always ready for your duties.
Your loved ones won't forget about you.