Black Soldier Last to Fall In Iraq?
Army Spec. David Emanuel Hickman was the 4,474th member of U.S. military to die in Iraq, according to the Pentagon.
The 23-year-old African American soldier was killed in Baghdad on Nov. 14 after a roadside bomb tore through his armored truck, according to the Washington Post.
He also may have been the last soldier to die in the war, the Post reports.
His friends and family celebrated his life at his funeral in his hometown of Greensboro, N.C., saying he died doing what he loved: being a soldier. He was nearly a month away from returning home from his tour in Iraq when he was killed.
“We all loved David,” his cousin Charlz Henry said in an interview with WXII12 TV in Greensboro. “Our hearts are kind of heavy, but we’re at peace.”
The WXII12 broadcast described Hickman as a role model for his younger brother Devon.
Black Soldier Last to Fall In Iraq?
Lynette Holloway
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:25:00 GMT
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