In Memory OfSPC Daniel A. Fuentes

SPC Daniel A. Fuentes, 19, U.S. Army, born in New York July 27, 1987, was killed in action on April 6, 2007. Fuentes served as an Infantryman with 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While conducting a mounted counterinsurgency patrol through the streets of Baghdad, an IED detonated next to his Humvee when the convoy drove past. Fuentes was mortally wounded in the blast. For his service, he earned a Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, and has a scholarship program named in his honor. Rest easy, Hero! Til Valhalla, Brother!