Brian A. Vaughn

Died: June 21, 2005

Rank: Specialist

Unit: 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Specialist Brian A. “Alex” Vaughn died on June 21, 2005, when his unit was attacked by enemy small arms fire in Ramadi, Iraq. The 23-year-old combat medic was as­signed to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infan­try Division out of Fort Carson, Colorado. Vaughn’s family and friends said their final farewells on June 29, 2005, at the First Baptist Church in Trussville, Alabama, after which Vaughn was buried in Jefferson Memorial Gardens in Birmingham, Alabama.