Christopher John Lee West

Died: February 8, 2008

Rank: Corporal

Unit: 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Branch: U.S. Army

Corporal Christopher John West, 26, died February 4, 2008, in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered on February 3, 2008, in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated during combat operations.