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By Lt. Col. Wayne Marotto
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
BAGHDAD - Staff Sgt. Brandon Augustus was memorialized by friends and fellow Soldiers during a ceremony at the Camp Striker Chapel on the Victory Base Complex, Dec. 17.
Augustus, a combat medic with Company C, 47th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, died Dec. 11, in Baumholder, Germany while on rest and relaxation leave.
"I remember Staff. Sgt. Augustus after his being named the Non-commissioned Officer of the Quarter, flushed with pride and with a big smile on his face. It was a good day, a very good day," said Lt. Col. Michel Russell, commander of 47th FSB.
Augustus was born in 1979 and joined the Army in June 1997. After graduating from Basic Combat Training, at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., he attended Advanced Individual Training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and was awarded the military occupation specialty of combat medic.
Augustus was then assigned to United States Army Europe, where he served with the Babenhausen Health Clinic, Wuerzburg Combat Support Hospital and finally Company C, 47th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd BCT, 1st Armd., Smith Barracks, Baumholder.
"He was a successful, squared away Soldier," said 1st Lt. Gerard Galindo, acting commander of Company C. "I will always remember his smile."
Soldiers who memorialized Augustus remembered him as the epitome of what a Soldier should be, referring to his photograph adorned on the Army values poster in the headquarters of the 47th FSB.
"He was recognized as a true example of a leader living the Army values," said Capt. Charles Lahmon, chaplain. "He lived for others and not himself and did what was right even when no one was looking."
Augustus was also remembered for bringing laughter to Company C and for being a family man.
"He was a great husband, father and friend," said Staff Sgt. Chad Wilson a fellow medic. "I will never forget about you."
Spc. Michael Woywood, a medic who was supervised by Augustus, described him as not the kind of man who talked about himself.
"One of Staff. Sgt. Augustus replies to any assigned mission was 'I got it'. I am going to miss Staff. Sgt. Augustus. We will all miss you. Now, we've got it," said Woywood.
| Date Taken: | 12.17.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 12.18.2008 08:50 |
| Story ID: | 27841 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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