Army Spc. Benjamin J. Garrison

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Army Spc. Benjamin J. Garrison, 25, of Houston

Spc. Garrison was assigned to 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died Nov. 27, 2007 in Amerli, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Pvt. Isaac T. Cortes.

Houston soldier dies in Iraq
The Associated Press

HOUSTON — A Texan was one of two soldiers killed in Amerli, Iraq, after their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device, the Department of Defense said Nov. 28.

Spc. Benjamin J. Garrison, 25, of Houston and Pvt. Isaac T. Cortes, 26, of Bronx, N.Y., were killed Nov. 27.

They were assigned to the 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. Both were deployed to Iraq in September.

Garrison was an infantryman working as a radio telephone operator. He enlisted in the Army in March 2006 and had been awarded a Purple Heart among his five decorations.

Garrison is survived by his wife and parents, all of Houston.

Houston Chronicle -- A 25-year-old soldier from Houston died on Tuesday from wounds he suffered in Amerli, Iraq, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.

Army Spc. Benjamin J. Garrison was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle on Nov. 27, the department said.

A native Houstonian based at Fort Drum in New York, Garrison was an infantryman assigned as a radio telephone operator to the 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. He enlisted in the Army in March 2006 and completed basic and advanced individual training at Fort Benning, Ga. He deployed to Iraq in September.

His awards and decorations include the Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon.

Garrison is survived by his wife and parents, all of Houston.

Army Spc. Benjamin J. Garrison was killed in action on 11/27/07.