Faces of the Fallen: This is a collection of information about each U.S. service member who died in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Photo of Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr.

Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr.

Hometown: Guilford, Connecticut, U.S.

Age: 37 years old

Died: August 12, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army Reserves, 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, based at Fort Meade, Md.

Incident: A fellow soldier tried to wake Eaton and noticed he was not breathing.


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