Taylor J. Burk

Died: January 26, 2005

Rank: Specialist

Unit: 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Specialist Taylor Burk died January 26, 2005, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad, Iraq. Specialist Burk was serving his second tour in Iraq and was assigned to the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, out of Fort Hood, Texas. The 21-year-old medic, hit in the neck by shrapnel, died clutching his commander’s hand and surrounded by his friends. He is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Amarillo, Texas.