Tackett, Joseph Merle
Army Sergeant

Joseph Merle Tackett, age 22, from Whitehouse, Kentucky, Johnson county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery A, 1St Battalion, 76Th Fa, 3Id (Tf Baghdad), Fort Stewart, Ga

Date of death: Thursday, June 23, 2005
Death details: Fatally shot by a fellow soldier. Lt. Willie Davis later pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent homicide and was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Source: Department of Defense, CNN, Military Times