[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20541]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING OUR ARMED SERVICES


                   first lieutenant tyler hall brown

  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I rise today to honor United States 
Army 1LT Tyler Hall Brown, who was killed proudly fighting for his 
country in Iraq on September 14, 2004. An Airborne Ranger and ROTC 
graduate from Atlanta, GA, Tyler was 26 years old.
  Tyler was born on May 27, 1978, in Atlanta. He attended Woodward 
Academy and was senior class president, where his classmates considered 
him a ``politician in the making.''
  Tyler Brown then attended the Georgia Institute of Technology where 
he was student body president of the Class of 2001 and a cadet in the 
Army ROTC program. Tyler graduated with dual bachelor of science 
degrees in management and in history, society and technology. After 
being commissioned as an Army Officer, he was assigned to the 2nd 
Infantry Division--Camp Hovey, in Tongduchon City, Korea. From Korea, 
he deployed to Iraq early last month with his unit, C Company, 1st 
Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was killed 
by small arms fire when his unit was attacked by insurgents in the 
Iraqi town of Ar Ramadi, Iraq, 70 miles west of Baghdad.
  Lieutenant Brown was slain by a sniper as he led a reconnaissance 
patrol in an Iraqi town infested with insurgents. Mortally wounded by 
the sniper's shot, Lieutenant Brown was able to give a warning to his 
men, which prevented any others from being hit. Though he was wearing 
upper body armor, he was hit in the upper thigh where a tourniquet 
could not stop the bleeding.
  His unit had deployed from Korea in early September and had been in 
Iraq only two weeks when Tyler was killed.
  Tyler's company commander, CPT Daniel Gade, made the following 
comments: ``Tyler was the finest officer I've ever known . . . he loved 
his men, and they loved him in return.''
  It is certainly ironic that Lieutenant Brown had been approved for 
service in the Army's famous 3rd Infantry Regiment, known as the Old 
Guard, which guards the Tomb of the Unknowns and serves as escorts at 
military burials at Arlington Cemetery. Instead, Brown chose to go to 
Iraq with men from his battalion in South Korea. On September 28, at 
Arlington Cemetery, the Old Guard that he was to join honored Tyler 
Brown at his gravesite.
  Tyler Brown was a great American, a great soldier, a great leader, 
and an outstanding young man. He and his comrades in Iraq deserve our 
deepest gratitude and respect as they go about the extraordinarily 
challenging, important job of rebuilding a country, which will result 
in freedom and prosperity for million of Iraqis. I join with Tyler's 
family, friends, and fellow soldiers in mourning his loss and want them 
to know that Tyler's sacrifice will not be lost or forgotten, but will 
truly make a difference in the lives of the Iraqi people.

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