David T. Toomalatai

Died: January 27, 2007

Rank: Private First Class

Unit: 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Private First Class David T. Toomalatai gave his life for his country on January 27, 2007, when the ambulance he was riding in rolled over a land mine in Taji, Iraq, while on a mission to pick up injured Soldiers. The 19-year-old combat medic was serving with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, out of Fort Hood, Texas, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He had been in Iraq for only a few months at the time of his death. Family and friends laid him to rest in Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.