CAMP VICTORY, Iraq – Capt. Mohamad Umar (left), physician's assistant, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, assisted by 4th Inf. Div. Command Sgt. Maj. Ronald Riling and Sgt. Maj. Tony Kendrick, Office of the Division Surgeon, Multi-National Corps – Iraq, unveil a marble memorial to the memory of combat medic Sgt. Johnny Joe Peralez Jr. Sep. 10. Peralez died Jan. 5 near Karbala while providing his team medical coverage during convoy operations when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by an improvised-explosive device. The Johnny J. Peralez Jr. School of Combat Medicine was formally dedicated to his memory. Peralez, from Kingsville, Texas, who died a month before his 26th birthday, was the first Soldier-medic to die during the division's current rotation to Iraq.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary Mott, 363rd MPAD)
| Date Taken: | 09.10.2006 |
| Date Posted: | 09.20.2006 15:02 |
| Photo ID: | 30287 |
| Resolution: | 1140x1750 |
| Size: | 640.27 KB |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 177 |
| Downloads: | 20 |
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