Christopher J. Van Der Horn

Age:   37 Hometown: Beaux Arts Village, WA Date of Death: 1/1/2006 Incident Location: As Sinia, Iraq Branch of Military:   Army Rank: Staff Sgt. Unit: 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airb Unit's Base: Fort Campbell, KY

Christopher Vanderhorn served more than seven years in the military before re-enlisting in 2004. The Vanderhorns were married in 1991. They had two children, Max, 5, and Liam, 4 months. "Chris did love God; he loved his family; he loved this country," his mother said. "And we kind of laugh because he was born on Flag Day, and so we always flew a flag on his birthday."

 

 

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