Freedom Remembered

Born April 22, 1984 in Valparaiso, FL

Died Jan. 26, 2005 in Ar Rutbah, Iraq

Known by his middle name of Dain, he was born into a military family at Eglin Air Force Base. Dain was educated at Medina Valley High School in Texas, where was a top honors member of the Air Force Junior ROTC before his 2003 graduation. Dain decided to enlist in the Marine Corps, and in order to do so had to get himself into shape. His determination helped him drop from 230 pounds to 200. When he finished boot camp he was a lean and fit 146 pounds. Assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, he deployed to Iraq in September 2004 as a machine gunner. He was killed in a helicopter crash a couple of weeks before he was to come home.

Burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

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