Army Staff Sgt. George T. Alexander, Jr.

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Army Staff Sgt. George T. Alexander, Jr., 34, of Clanton, Alabama.

Alexander died at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of injuries sustained in Samarra, Iraq, on October 17, 2005 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Staff Sgt. George Alexander, 34, a 1989 graduate of Chilton County High School, became death number 2000 in the Iraqi conflict according to a count conducted by the Associated Press and Reuters.

Alexander, who was wounded Oct. 17 in Samarra by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad, died in Texas last weekend.

Alexander was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, of Fort Benning, Ga. and was no stranger to the Iraqi landscape.

"He had been to Iraq about nine times," said Alexander's sister, Sasha Spence. "He had just went back over there in August."

Alexander, who enlisted in October 1991, was suited well for the Army, Spence said, and saw enlisting as a way to serve his community.

"He really enjoyed being in the Army. He loved it," she said. "He just wanted to make a difference. That was his thing - just make a difference. He was very loving. He was never down and he always smiled.

Even though Alexander's role with the Army suited him well, Spence joked that upon his graduation from CCHS, Alexander

Army Staff Sgt. George T. Alexander, Jr. was killed in action on 10/22/05.