1st Lt. Andrew J. Bacevich, 27, of Walpole, Mass., died May 13 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat patrol operations in Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
1st Lt. A.J. Bacevich is the son for retired Col. A. J. Bacevich, my old CO when I was stationed with the 11th Cav in Germany. Young AJ was, undoubtedly, one of the young 8-9 year olds running around the base when I was stationed there.
And now he is dead, dead in a war that has gone on for far too long for no real reason and with nothing to show for it. And he is one of many.
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