Army Spc. Walter B. Howard II
Died February 02, 2006 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom35, of Rochester, Mich.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died Feb. 2 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained earlier that day when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1 Abrams tank in Ashraf, Iraq.