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Security Forces Killed In Action: SSgt Brian S. McElroy    
         
Killed In Action in Iraq      
         

Staff Sgt. Brian McElroy, 28, was killed on Jan. 22, 2006, when a roadside bomb exploded by his armored Humvee near Taji, 18 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq.  
 
 
       
McElroy, a native of San Antonio, Texas, worked as Information Security with the 3rd Security Forces Squadron based at Elmendorf Air Force Base.  
 
 
       
Also TSgt Jason L. Norton, 32, who was with him died from his injuries and a third person was flown to Germany for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries which included burns, scrapes and a head wound.  
 
 
 
       

SSgt Brian S. McElroy

TSgt Norton and SSgt McElroy shared the same coffin and headstone because their remains were unidentifiable, according to an Arlington Cemetery spokeswoman.  
   
   
         
         

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Airmen with the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing mourn the loss of two Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, security forces Airmen. Tech. Sgt. Jason L. Norton and Staff Sgt. Brian McElroy were killed in action in Southwest Asia. A ceremony was held to honor them Jan. 26 at a forward deployed location here.

Arlington National Cemetery headstone of the TSgt Jason L Norton and SSgt Brian S McElroy.  
         

Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron mourn the loss of two fellow security forces Airmen, Tech. Sgt. Jason L. Norton and Staff Sgt. Brian McElroy.

More that 200 people attended a memorial service at a deployed location in Southwest Asia for the two security forces Airmen killed in Iraq Jan. 22. In attendance were 40 other deployed members from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, home station of the fallen Airmen -- Tech. Sgt. Jason L. Norton and Staff Sgt. Brian McElroy. Joining members from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing were British and Australian troops who came to pay their respects.  
         

Chaplain (Maj.) Michael Gilbert plays bagpipes during a memorial service here Jan. 26 held in honor of two Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, security forces Airmen killed in action.

An Airman with the 379th Air Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron reads a passage during a memorial service Jan. 26 for two Airmen killed in action. Base security forces Airmen wore black tape across their badges as a sign of respect for the two Airmen -- Tech. Sgt. Jason L. Norton and Staff Sgt. Brian McElroy of Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.  
         

A tribute stands as a final salute during a memorial service at a deployed location here Jan. 26 to honor two fallen security forces Airmen from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Tech. Sgt. Jason L. Norton and Staff Sgt. Brian McElroy were assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron.

More than 200 people attended a memorial service at a deployed location in Southwest Asia for the two security forces Airmen killed in Iraq Jan. 22. In attendance were 40 other deployed members from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, home station of the fallen service members -- Tech. Sgt. Jason L. Norton and Staff Sgt. Brian McElroy.  
         
         
         
         
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                 
                 
   

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