Kristofer D.S. Thomas, 18

Army , Private 1st Class

Based: Ft. Benning, Ga.

Died: February 18, 2007

southeastern Afghanistan, Afghanistan

Single

Gender: Male

Hometown: Roseville

High School: Roseville High (Roseville)

Burial: Newcastle District Cemetery, Newcastle, Calif.

I came to the conclusion that the people fighting for us are everyday people, my brother Nic included. I don't want to just sit back and watch the casualty numbers climb on CNN. I need to do something to help out.

— Kristofer Thomas, on enlisting in the Army

Thomas graduated from high school in Roseville a semester early so he could enlist a month after his 17th birthday. Within months, he became one of the youngest-ever members of the Army Rangers, an elite, highly trained special operations unit, and soon was deployed to Afghanistan.

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