Luke J Brown, age 27, from Virginia, Spotsylvania county.
Military history: Headquarters and Headquarters
Date of death: Sunday, July 20, 2008
Death details: Homicide, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He died after he led fellow soldiers in his intelligence unit on a chase through dense woods after a night of drinking. An Army paratrooper was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy for choking him to death.
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database, Library of Virginia, Richmond; Los Angeles Times, findagrave.com