Sgt Tyler Dee Prewitt
Born: August 20, 1982 in Gillette, Wyoming
Died: September 28, 2004 in Landstuhl, Germany
Sgt. Tyler D. Prewitt of Phoenix, Arizona graduated from Greenway High School in 2001. He was attending Phoenix College where he played baseball. At the time of the attacks on the World Trade Center in September 2001, Tyler was recovering from a broken jaw from a baseball injury. As soon as he was well enough, he enlisted in the United States Army where he served as a field medic. He leaves his parents, Tim and Jonnie Prewitt, and two brothers Chad and Richie. Tyler died at age 22 in Landstuhl, Germany, from injuries sustained September 24 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle in Baqubah, Iraq. His organs were donated.
Army
2nd Battalion
2nd Infantry Regiment
1st Infantry Division
Vilseck, Germany
Burial is at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona – Sec 52 Site 294
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