Army Pfc. Leroy Harris-Kelly

Died April 20, 2004 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom

20, of Azusa, Calif.; assigned to the 596th Maintenance Company, 3rd Corps Support Command, V Corps, Darmstadt, Germany; killed April 20 when his truck went off the road and rolled over because of limited visibility and dangerous driving conditions north of Tallil, Iraq.

Pfc. Leroy Harris-Kelly, a native of Costa Rica, met the woman he would marry during Army training in Virgina. They were married in July 2002 in Germany. When Harris-Kelly shipped out to Iraq from Germany, his wife was discharged and sent home to Michigan, where she said she had expected he would soon join her and their 15-month-old daughter, Aalexis. Harris-Kelly, 20, of Azusa, Calif., was killed in a truck accident north of Talil, Iraq. He was based in Darmstadt, Germany. "I was so glad he was coming home," his wife said. "They offered him a re-enlistment but he said 'no.'"

— Associated Press