Melissa J. Hobart

Died: June 6, 2004

Rank: Private First Class

Unit: E Company, 215th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Private First Class Melissa J. Hobart lost her life on June 6, 2004, while in Iraq serv­ing her country in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She was on guard duty in Baghdad, Iraq, when she collapsed. The 22-year-old combat medic was assigned to E Company, 215th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas. More than 100 family and friends gathered at the Summerville Presbyterian Church in Summerville, South Carolina, on June 10, 2004, to honor her. She was laid to rest in Connecticut, where most of her family resides.