Army Capt. Nathan R. Raudenbush

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Army Capt. Nathan R. Raudenbush, 25, of Earl Township, Pa.

Capt. Raudenbush was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died Feb. 20, 2008 in Busayefi, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

Family: Fort Stewart soldier killed in Iraq
The Associated Press

DOUGLASSVILLE, Pa. — Family members say a Fort Stewart, Ga., solider has been killed in Iraq.

Relatives say 26-year-old Army 1st Lt. Nathan Raudenbush was killed Feb. 20 afternoon in southern Baghdad. He was patrolling in a Humvee destroyed by a roadside bomb. Two other soldiers were injured.

Raudenbush was the son of Brian and Mary Raudenbush of Earl Township. He was a 2001 graduate of Spring-Ford High School in Royersford, Montgomery County.

Brian Raudenbush says his son was a longtime member of the Boy Scouts of America, and enjoyed distance running and golf. He is survived his wife, Casey, and their 20-month-old son, Jackson, of Port Wentworth, Ga.

Pa. soldier killed in Iraq posthumously promoted
The Associated Press

DOUGLASSVILLE, Pa. — A soldier from Pennsylvania who was killed in Iraq has been posthumously promoted.

Capt. Nathan Raudenbush was killed Feb. 20 in southern Baghdad when the Humvee he was in was destroyed by a roadside bomb. Two other soldiers were injured in the blast.

The 25-year-old Raudenbush was an Army first lieutenant at the time of his death. He was later elevated to captain.

“That is Army policy for anyone who is promotable,” Kevin Larson, spokesman for Fort Stewart, Ga., where Raudenbush was stationed, said Feb. 25.

Raudenbush was a 2001 graduate of Spring-Ford High School in Royersford. He was a longtime member of the Boys Scouts of America and enjoyed distance running and golf, according to his family. He joined the ROTC as a freshman at Widener University.

His father, Brian, said one reason his son signed up for ROTC was because he was inspired to help his country following the September 2001 terrorist attacks.

“We called his class the Class of 9/11,” said Lt. Col. Robert Sewall, professor of military science at Widener and commander of the ROTC Freedom Battalion.

“He was a very good cadet,” Sewall said. “I always thought he had a great command presence about him. He was an excellent mentor of the more junior cadets.”

Raudenbush’s father said his son was a bit scared about the dangers of his deployment, but secure in his training.

“He was ready to do this for his country,” Brian Raudenbush said.

Raudenbush was a tank commander with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, according to the Defense Department. He was deployed to Iraq in September.

Raudenbush is survived his wife, Casey, and their 20-month-old son, Jackson, of Port Wentworth, Ga.

Army Capt. Nathan R. Raudenbush was killed in action on 2/20/08.