Staff Sgt. Jerry C. Burge
Hometown: Carriere, Mississippi, U.S.
Age: 39 years old
Died: April 4, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Tex.
Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near their vehicle in Taji.
Related Links:
Highly decorated soldier buried in Picayune (SunHerald.com, Miss., April 12, 2007)
Picayune's sacrifice: Third Iraq casualty to be buried (http://www.sunherald.com/278/story/29251.html)
Soldier killed in Iraq to be buried Thursday (Laurel Leader Call, Miss., April 11, 2007)
Highly decorated soldier buried in Picayune (Laurel Leader Call, Miss., April 13, 2007)
Soldier remembered for devotion to comrades (Jackson Clarion Ledger, Miss., April 12, 2007)
