Stephen M. McGowan
Died: April 4, 2005
Rank: Corporal
Unit: 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
Branch: U.S. Army
Corporal Stephen M. McGowan was killed on March 4, 2005, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol in Ramadi, Iraq. The 26-year-old was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, out of Camp Hovey, Korea to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. He had volunteered to go to Iraq so that a fellow medic with children would not have to go. McGowan was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
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