Deloris Lewis
ON 13 MARCH 2006, SSG LEWIS WAS LEADING HIS SQUAD IN A THREE-VEHICLE PATROL, TRAVELING TO AN IRAQUI POLICE STATION IN NORTHEAST BAGHAD WHEN AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DETONATED FATALLY INJURING HIM. DESPITE HIS INJURIES HE ATTEMPTED TO COMMAND AND CONTROL HIS SQUAD WHILE RECEIVING INITIAL MEDICAL TREATMENT. SSG LEWIS WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE FOB RUSTAMIYAH HOSIPITAL WHERE HE LATER SUCCUMBED TO HIS WOUNDS, FIGHTING IN TRUE GATOR SPIRIT UNTIL THE END.
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ON 13 MARCH 2006, SSG LEWIS WAS LEADING HIS SQUAD IN A THREE-VEHICLE PATROL, TRAVELING TO AN IRAQUI POLICE STATION IN NORTHEAST BAGHAD WHEN AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DETONATED FATALLY INJURING HIM. DESPITE HIS INJURIES HE ATTEMPTED TO COMMAND AND CONTROL HIS SQUAD WHILE RECEIVING INITIAL MEDICAL TREATMENT. SSG LEWIS WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE FOB RUSTAMIYAH HOSIPITAL WHERE HE LATER SUCCUMBED TO HIS WOUNDS, FIGHTING IN TRUE GATOR SPIRIT UNTIL THE END.
Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service Years
1993 - 2006
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