Joseph Gilmore

Died: May 19, 2007

Rank: Specialist

Unit: 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Specialist Joseph Gilmore died from wounds received when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 19, 2007. The 26-year-old medic served with the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, out of Fort Hood, Texas, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Gilmore chose to be cremated and his ashes were interred in Alaska.