Airman 1st Class Leebernard E. Chavis
Hometown: Hampton, Virginia, U.S.
Age: 21 years old
Died: October 14, 2006 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Air Force, 824th Security Forces Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.
Incident: Killed while performing duties as a turret gunner with the Iraqi police in Baghdad.
Related Links:
Farewell on a Dark Tarmac (The Washington Post, Oct. 18, 2006)
Turret Gunner From Va. Was Proud And Persuasive, Brother Recalls (The Washington Post, Oct. 17, 2006)
Airman, Marine Mourned at Arlington (Washington Post, Oct. 25, 2006)
Hundreds gather in Hampton to celebrate life of airman (Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, Oct. 24, 2006)
Virginian dies while on patrol with Iraqi unit (Richmond Times-Dispatch, Oct. 17, 2006)
