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Andrews J Higgins
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Name: Army Sgt. Andrews J. Higgins
Age: 28
From: Hayward, Calif.
Assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Sgt. Andrews J. Higgins died June 5 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire.
Died: June 05, 2007
Hayward soldier killed in Iraq aspired to military since boyhood
The Associated Press
Age: 28
From: Hayward, Calif.
Assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Sgt. Andrews J. Higgins died June 5 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire.
Died: June 05, 2007
Hayward soldier killed in Iraq aspired to military since boyhood
The Associated Press
HAYWARD, Calif. — Army Sgt. Andrew J. Higgins wanted to be a soldier and serve his country from the time he was a boy, his father said.
The 28-year-old member of the elite Ranger corps was on his second deployment in Iraq when he was killed by small-arms fire June 5 while fighting insurgents in Baqubah, the Department of Defense said.
“He was a wonderful person, the kind of soldier who chooses to go to someplace like Iraq for his country,” his father, Jerry James Higgins, said.
While still in high school, Andrew Higgins took Army basic training, and he spent two years in the Army Reserves after graduating.
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the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.;
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Army Sgt. Andrews J. Higgins died June 5 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small-arms fire.
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Andrews J Higgins
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.