Javier G. Paredes

Died: September 5, 2007

Rank: Corporal

Unit: 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Corporal Javier G. Paredes was killed on September 5, 2007, by a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad, Iraq. The 24-year-old medic served with the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Benning, Georgia, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Family and friends paid their last respects on September 14, 2007, at the St. Patrick Catholic Church in San Antonio, Texas, before Paredes was laid to rest with military honors at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.