Jack T. Hennessy
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Age: 21
From: Naperville, Ill.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Sgt. Jack T. Hennessy was killed Oct. 1 when his check point came under small-arms fire in Baghdad.
Died: October 01, 2004
Illinois soldier killed in Iraq remembered as solid young man
Associated Press
NAPERVILLE Ill. — Like many high school students, Jack Hennessy wanted to go to college. He loved the idea of studying history, and he was thinking about a career in law enforcement.
But he also knew there was something he would do first: become a soldier.
“He believed in what it (the military) stood for,” said his mother, Cindy Hennessy. “Serving our country.”
On Friday, Sgt. Jack Hennessy, 21, was killed at a traffic checkpoint near Baghdad while serving in the 1st Cavalry Division. “At some point it looked like a car got through and (the official report) said he got hit by small arms fire,” said Bernie Hennessy, his father.
Hennessy had competed in wrestling, gymnastics and soccer at Naperville Central High School, and was the rare teenager who didn’t seem particularly concerned about following others, instead choosing to think...