In Memory OfPFC Paul O. Cuzzupe II

PFC Paul O. Cuzzupe II, 23, U.S. Army, born December 2, 1986, was killed in action on August 8, 2010. Cuzzupe served as a Combat Medic with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, and deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. While conducting a combat operation in the Wardak Province, he passed away when the Stryker armored vehicle he was riding in triggered a buried 250-pound pressure plate IED. For his service, Cuzzupe was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. Rest easy, Hero! Til Valhalla, Brother!