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Operation Iraqi Freedom FY 08 Plaque

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Details:

Affixed on the third stele behind the Iraqi Freedom sculpture.


Plaque

A rectangular bronze plaque affixed on a thick, concrete, free standing block, inscribed in English text. On the left side of the plaque, the names of the fallen heroes SPC Bryant of the HQ Company and CPL Connelly, CPL Alfonso of A Company of the 40th Engineer Battalion are inscribed while on the middle of the plaque is the flag of the US followed by a silhouette of 2 standing soldiers with 4 stars above their head and the map of Iraq behind them. The right side contains the name SGT McHale of B Company, a quote from Henri Frederic Amiel, and the insignia of the 40th Brigade Engineer Battalion on the bottom corner. 

Monument Text:

40th Engineer Battalion

 

Fallen Heroes

 

HQ Company

 

SPC Ja’Mel A. Bryant

KIA 27 SEP 2008

 

A Company

CPL Brian Connelly

KIA 26 FEB 2009

 

CPL Carlo Alfonso

KIA 26 AUG 2008

 

Operation

Iraqi Freedom 1

 

 

B Company

 

SGT James A. McHale

DOW 30 JUL 2008

 

"Sacrifice still exists everywhere,

and everywhere the elect of each

generation suffers for the

salvation of the rest."

~Henri Frederic Amiel

Commemorates:

People:

Carlo Escoto Alfonso

Ja'Mel Antwon Bryant

Brian Michael Connelly

James Allen “Jimmy” McHale

Units:

1st Armored Division

40th Engineer Battalion

United States Army

Wars:

Global War on Terrorism