Spec. David A. Schaefer Jr.
Hometown: Belleville, Illinois, U.S.
Age: 27 years old
Died: May 16, 2009 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, Schweinfurt, Germany
Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb denoted near his unit.
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