Lance C. Springer II

Died: March 23, 2007

Rank: Sergeant

Unit: 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Sergeant Lance “Craig” Springer II died on March 23, 2007, from wounds he received when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit. At the time, he was on a combat patrol in Baghdad, Iraq. The 23-year-old was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division out of Fort Richardson, Alaska. Friends and family said their final goodbyes to their fallen son, brother, and comrade at the Lakeside Church of God in Fort Worth, Texas. He was buried with full military honors at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas.