Sgt. John D. Rode
Hometown: Pineville, North Carolina, U.S.
Age: 24 years old
Died: February 14, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Tex.
Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baqubah.
Related Links:
`Soldier at heart' killed in Iraq (WCNC.com, Feb. 19, 2007)
Former N.S. man killed by bomb blast in Iraq (The Chronicle Herald.ca, February 2007)
