Rowan D. Walter

Died: February 23, 2007

Rank: Private First Class

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

Branch: U.S. Army

Private First Class Rowan D. Walter paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to his coun­try on February 23, 2007, when he succumbed to wounds suffered on February 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq. The 25-year-old medic served with the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colorado, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Two other Soldiers perished along­side him. A dedicated medic to the end, Walter had left his vehicle to assist Soldiers wounded in an earlier attack. Private Walter was buried with full military honors in Clovis Cemetery, Clovis, California.