AGE:  21

HOMETOWN:  Vadnais Heights, Minn

UNIT:  3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division

DUTY STATION:  Fort Bragg, N.C.

DIED:  October 3, 2005

LOCATION OF INCIDENT:  Haqlaniyah, Iraq

CAUSE:  an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations

BURIED:  10/13/05 at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens

FUNERAL HOME:  Sandburg Funeral Home, St. Paul, MN

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS:  Lakeview Lutheran Church, Maplewood