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    Paratroopers honor fallen comrade

    FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, IRAQ

    01.16.2009

    Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alejandro Licea 

    3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division

    Sgt. 1st Class Patrick Ward, a close friend to Staff Sgt. Justin L. Bauer, renders a salute in tribute to his fallen comrade. Ward described Bauer as the "best Soldier he had ever seen" during a memorial ceremony Jan. 16 at Forward Operating Base Loyalty. Bauer served as a squad leader for Company D, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. He was killed when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle during a combat patrol Jan. 10 in Baghdad. Bauer, a native of Loveland, Colo., is survived by his wife Kari, mother Connie L. Haddock and father Gregory L. Bauer.

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    Date Taken: 01.16.2009
    Date Posted: 05.30.2012 03:32
    Photo ID: 145429
    VIRIN: 090119-A-5414L-001
    Resolution: 1875x1242
    Size: 409.57 KB
    Location: FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, IQ

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