Freeman L Gardner Jr

Little Rock, Arkansas

March 22, 2007

Age

Military

Rank

Unit/Location

Army

Sgt

18^th Engineer Company, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division

Fort Lewis, Washington

Killed in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit while on combat patrol.

From Farra Ratliff 04/11/07:

My son Sgt. Freeman Gardner, Jr., was a true devoted family man who love the Lord.
I believe he would said these words:
"Stay focus, optimistic and be the best you can be. Finish the job, you had committed yourself to perform. Do not let obstacles blind or hinder your success in life. Don't forget to say I LOVE YOU, to the ones dearest to you, for you know not the time or the hour, GOD will call you home".
From his mother Farra Ratliff