AGE:  23

HOMETOWN:  Utopia, Texas

UNIT:  3rd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)

DUTY STATION:  Fort Drum N.Y.

DIED:  May 05, 2006

LOCATION OF INCIDENT:  east of Abad, Afghanistan, in the Kunar province

CAUSE:  the CH-47 Chinook helicopter he was traveling on crashed during combat operations

BURIED:  5/18/06 Jones Cemetery, Utopia

FUNERAL HOME:  Rushing-Estes-Knowles Funeral Chapel, Sabinal