Steven F. Sirko
Died: April 17, 2005
Rank: Private First Class
Unit: 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Branch: U.S. Army
Private First Class Steven F. Sirko lost his life on April 17, 2005, in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, in a non-combat-related incident. The 20-year-old combat medic was supporting his country in Operation Iraqi Freedom and was serving with the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Benning, Georgia. He had been in Iraq for only three months at the time of his death. Friends and family said their final farewells to their beloved hero during a funeral Mass held April 23, 2005, at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church in Statesville, North Carolina. He was laid to rest with military honors in the Oakwood Cemetery in Statesville.
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