Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Maryland's Sixty-Sixth Hero


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Originally uploaded by Randuwa
Army Sgt. Thomas L. Latham, 23, of Delmar, Md.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; died March 11 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee.

HE SERVED IN BOTH AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ

Thomas Lee "Tommy Lee" Latham of Delmar died Sunday, March 11, 2007, in Iraq. He was 23.

He was born in Prince Georges County, the son of Thomas James and Barbara Ellen Collins Latham.

He married Rachel Leanne Guy-Latham April 16, 2005, at Salisbury.

Tommy Lee was a 2002 graduate of Wicomico High School.

He joined the U.S. Army in May 2002 and had recently been promoted to the rank of sergeant.

He had served in Afghanistan and was currently in Iraq with company C of the 10th Mountain Division Brigade Combat Team.

He attended Emmanuel Wesleyan Church, where he had been involved with the youth group.

He loved hunting, fishing, just being outdoors and spending time with his wife and children.

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