Name: Army 1st Lt. Jeremy E. Ray Age: 26 From: Houston Assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas Incident: Army 1st Lt. Jeremy E. Ray died Dec. 20 in Kanaan, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an enemy attacked using an explosive device.
Died:
December
20, 2007 Houston soldier killed by suicide bomber
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — A Houston soldier killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq is being remembered as a quiet man who loved the outdoors and playing his guitar.
1st Lt. Jeremy E. Ray, 26, died Dec. 20 in Kanaan when a man wearing an explosives vest blew himself up while U.S. soldiers were doing a security check at a city council meeting.
“He was a good guy,” 1st Lt. Charlie Huey, 26, who is stationed at Fort Hood with the field artillery unit, said in a story in the Dec. 22 online edition of the Houston Chronicle. “He played his guitar a lot. He was kind of a quiet guy, the type of guy you’d want to hang out with.”
Ray was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, at Fort Hood.
Ray graduated from Texas A&M University in 2006. He deployed to Iraq on Nov. 8.
Prayers & Condolences For: Jeremy E. Ray BY miyembro on May 17, 2008
Your sacrifice will remain in our hearts for a lifetime,
with intense gratitude. May God bless you and your family.
Rest Safely and Securely in God's Loving Arms.
We cherish too, the Poppy redThat grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skiesThat blood of heros never dies.
Prayers & Condolences For: Jeremy E. Ray BY Anonymous on Jan 08, 2008
You were and are a hero, I send my condolences to your loved ones. you will be missed greatly. thank you for giving yourself to our country for our freedom. God bless you and your family.