[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15436]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES


              Death of Private First Class Eric Paul Woods

  Mr. HAGEL, Mr. President, I rise to express my sympathy over the loss 
of Eric Paul Woods of Omaha, NE, a Private First Class medic in the 
U.S. Army. Private First Class Woods was killed by an explosion after 
stopping to save a wounded soldier on July 9 near Tal Afar in Iraq. He 
was 26 years old.
  Private First Class Woods grew up in Urbandale, IA, and graduated 
from Urbandale High School in 1997. He moved to Omaha 5 years ago, 
joined the U.S. Army in April 2004 and was deployed to Iraq on March 8, 
2005. Private First Class Woods was a member of G Troop, 2nd Squadron 
of the 3rd Army Cavalry, headquartered at Fort Carson, CO. Private 
First Class Woods will be remembered as a loyal soldier who had a 
strong sense of duty, honor, and love of country. Thousands of brave 
Americans like Private First Class Woods are currently serving in Iraq.
  Private First Class Woods is survived by his wife, Jamie, and their 
3-year-old son, Eric Scott, of Omaha, and his parents Charles and Jan 
Woods of Urbandale, IA. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this 
difficult time. America is proud of Private First Class Woods' heroic 
service and mourns his loss.
  I ask my colleagues to join me and all Americans in honoring PFC Eric 
Paul Woods.

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