John R. Teal
Died: October 23, 2003
Rank: Captain
Unit: Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
Branch: U.S. Army
Captain John Robert Teal lost his life on October 23, 2003, when an improvised explosive device exploded near his convoy near Baqubah, Iraq. The 31-year-old Medical Service Corps officer was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, in Fort Hood, Texas, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Friends and family honored their beloved son and brother on November 3, 2003, at St. Peter’s United Methodist Church, in Montpelier, Virginia, after which he was given a hero’s burial on November 4, 2003, in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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