Spec. Shawn D. Sykes
Hometown: Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
Age: 28 years old
Died: May 7, 2009 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Tex.
Incident: Died at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered from an accident that occurred May 5 at Combat Outpost Crazy Horse, Iraq.
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