Sean Grimes

Died: March 4, 2005

Rank: Captain

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

Branch: U.S. Army

Captain Sean P. Grimes was killed on March 4, 2005, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle, killing him and three other Soldiers. He was a physician assistant assigned as the assistant battalion surgeon to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Grimes was the first Army physician assistant to be killed in action in Iraq. He was buried in Saint Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York.