[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23582]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES

  Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, I have risen on numerous occasions in 
the past 6 months to pay tribute to the men and women who are fighting 
in Iraq and elsewhere in the war on international terror. Today I rise 
once again to pay tribute and to honor a young man who was recently 
killed in action in Iraq--Master Sergeant Kevin Morehead, a native of 
Little Rock, AR, and a soldier in the U.S. Army 5th Special Forces 
Group. MSG Morehead was killed September 12 in the early morning raid 
in Ar Ramadi, an Iraqi city about 70 miles west of Baghdad.
  Keven Morehead graduated from Central High School in Little Rock in 
1987. After attending the University of Arkansas, Kevin opted for a 
military career, enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1989. In 1994, he joined 
the elite Special Forces. His service over his 14-year career in the 
Army was exemplary, earning him a number of commendations, including 
the Bronze Star, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart. In the last 2 
years, he served with distinction in the Middle Eastern theater, first 
in Afghanistan, where he served as an adviser to the Northern Alliance 
in the fight against the Taliban extremists. In Afghanistan from 
October 2001 to February 2002, MSG Morehead called in airstrikes on 
Taliban positions, and his actions reportedly saved the lives of 
hundreds of men. MSG Morehead was sent to Iraq in January of this year, 
where he served with further distinction. Although his unit had already 
returned from service in Iraq, MSG Morehead had stayed behind to help 
with orientation for his unit's replacements.
  Keven was buried on September 21 in Bald Knob, AR, in a grave on a 
hilltop next to that of his grandfather. Our condolences and our 
prayers go out to Kevin's wife Theresa; to his stepdaughters, Kirsten 
Inman and Kaylyn Council, to his sister, Kristen Wright; to his 
grandmother, Zelda Guthrie; and to his parents, James and Jeanette 
Morehead, of Benton, AR.
  One attendee at his funeral was quoted in our State's newspaper, the 
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, as saying that Master Sergeant Kevin 
Morehead ``did not die in vain. Hopefully, by his actions the world 
will be a better place for all mankind.'' The mission continues in 
Iraq, and we remain confident that, as coalition troops move to secure 
and stabilize the country, Iraq will emerge as a democracy in the 
Middle East, and that Kevin Morehead's courage and sacrifice will prove 
to have been given in a worthy cause.

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