Scott G. Barnett
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Age: 24
From: Concord, CA
Assigned to the 412th Aviation Support Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, Katterbach, Germany
Incident: Army Pfc. Scott G. Barnett died Jan. 28 in Tallil, Iraq, of injuries sustained while supporting combat operations
Died: January 28, 2010
GI enlisted in Army last year
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Military officials say a soldier from Concord has been killed in Iraq.
The Department of Defense says Army Pfc. Scott Barnett died Jan. 28 of injuries he suffered while supporting combat operations in Tallil, Iraq, a city about 160 miles southeast of Baghdad.
Barnett, 24, joined the Army in 2009. He was assigned to the 412th Aviation Support Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, Katterbach, Germany.
‘We had everything going’
The Associated Press
In high school, Scott Barnett fell in love with Nikki Gill, his future wife, went to Linkin Park concerts with her and participated in walks to raise cancer awareness.
Now Nikki Barnett, the 24-year-old soldier’s wife — who battled non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a teenager — says he was her “soul mate.”
“We loved each other so insanely much,”...