Freedom Remembered

Born Sep. 9, 1974

Died Oct. 27, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq 

Maj. David L. Audo, 35, of Saint Joseph, Illinois. An honor’s student, he was a 1992 graduate of St. Joseph-Ogden High School who then attended the University of Illinois on a ROTC scholarship. He earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from there in 1998 and the same year married his wife Rebecca Johnson. David was commissioned an Army lieutenant on December 22, 1997 and earned a master’s degree in business from Webster University in St. Louis in 2002. In addition he graduated from the United States Army Military Police School. In September 1998 he was assigned to the 630th Military Police Company in Schweinfurt, Germany. From 1998 to September 2000, he served as a platoon leader, deploying with the unit to Kosovo from July to November 1999. He was assigned to the 793rd Military Police Battalion, also in Schweinfurt, in September 2000, where he served as a logistics officer and personnel officer, and deployed with his unit to Kosovo from November 2000 through May 2001. In September 2002, he was assigned to the 716th Military Police Battalion at Fort Campbell. He deployed with the unit to Iraq in March 2003, serving as a battalion personnel officer. While deployed, he also served with the 101st Military Police Co. as a company operations officer. He rejoined the battalion upon his return to Fort Campbell in February 2004, and deployed with the unit to Afghanistan in January 2005. He redeployed to Fort Campbell in September 2005. In January 2006 he was assigned to serve as a provost marshal in Southport, North Carolina. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 22nd Military Police Battalion at Fort Lewis on July 26, 2009, where he served as the executive officer for the battalion’s forward element in Iraq. Major Audo died while deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. David is remembered for his quick wit, his ornery sense of humor, high intelligence, and his devotion to his duty and country and his loving devotion to his wife and children. His wife; two children; two brothers and two sisters survive him. His parents preceded him in death. Major Audo’s final resting place is Danville National Cemetery in Danville, Illinois.

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