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Darrell R. Griffin Jr., 36
Army, Staff Sergeant
Based:
Ft. Lewis, Wash.
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
March 21, 2007
Balad,
Iraq
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He said that the people there really needed us and he felt it was the right place to be. He wished we didn't have to have wars, but since that's the way mankind is, he felt he was contributing an important part to his country.
— Darrell Griffin Sr., father
Griffin was awarded a Bronze Star with Valor in 2005 for his role in saving the lives of three U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi soldiers injured during battle. "Last Journey" a book co-written with his father, is scheduled for release June 29, 2009.
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These are the words of my beloved husband sent to me four days before his death... "Dearest Diana, Spartan women of Greece used to tell their husbands before they went into battle, to come back with their sheilds or laying on them, because they died honorably in battle, but if they did not return with them, this showed that they ran away from the battle, cowardice was not a Spartan virtue. Tell me you love me the same, by me coming back with my sheild or laying on it...I LOVE YOU MY SPARTAN WOMAN OF STRENGTH AND VIRTURE... Love, Darrell"...My husband a remarkable,intellectually brilliant Philosopher, the man who loved me beyond words...I will love him forever throughout eternity. "STRENGTH & HONOR" my love.
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