KIA: U.S. ARMY SGT JAMES K. HEALY, 7JAN08

I had the pleasure of working with SGT Healy in AFG. He was a U.S. Army EOD operator, also assigned to CEXC. While I met him around AUG/SEP timeframe, I last saw him around OCT as he would often pass through BAF, awaiting flights to his job at JAF. We talked for sometimes hours at a time as he would have nothing to do while waiting for his flights out. Ironically, one of the few things I remember about him specifically is him commenting on how he had just re-enlisted in the most dangerous career field in the Army.

Apparently he was just home at the end of 2007 on RnR visiting his wife Shannon and celebrating the 1 year birthday of his son. He was very knowledgeable and was truly a pleasure to know.

Cheers,
John H.

Links:

http://newsenterpriseonline.com/articles/2008/01/11/news/news02.txt

http://www.hesperiastar.com/onset?id=1463&template=article.html

http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3299076.html

http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/8476/