Tracy L. Melvin

Age:   31 Hometown: Seattle, WA Date of Death: 8/6/2006 Incident Location: Ramadi, Iraq Branch of Military:   Army Rank: Staff Sgt. Unit: 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division Unit's Base: Baumholder, Germany

Even as a teenager in Seattle, Tracy Melvin dreamed of being a soldier. Not the kind who marched and twirled rifles at funerals and veteran ceremonies but an infantryman, a soldier who leads troops on the battlefield when lives are at stake.

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