Army Spc. Terrance D. Lee Sr.

Died June 11, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom

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25, of Moss Point, Miss.; assigned to the 150th Combat Engineer Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard, Lucedale, Miss.; killed June 11 when his armored personnel carrier was hit by an improvised explosive device in Owesat Village, Iraq. Also killed was Sgt. Larry R. Arnold Sr.

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Fallen Mississippi soldier laid to rest

Associated Press

MOSS POINT, Miss. — Sgt. Terrance Lee knew there was a chance he would never return from Iraq, but the young soldier put his country above his own life, and left behind a pregnant wife and two young sons.

Lee, 25, of Moss Point, was killed in action on June 11.

Friends, relatives and soldiers gathered at First Missionary Baptist Church on Friday to say goodbye to “T-Lee.”

About 250 people attended the service and even more passed by the open casket, half draped with an American flag, to view the soldier dressed in a navy blue, velour jogging suit.

Lee and Staff Sgt. Larry Arnold, 46, of Carriere, were killed when an improvised explosive device detonated beside the vehicle they were riding in.

The Rev. James E. Powell, of Solomon Temple AME Zion Church in Moss Point, was Lee’s pastor.

In the eulogy, Powell drew on the 23rd Psalm, which describes God as a shepherd, and man as the flock.

“I think Terrance understood what that meant,” he said, explaining that Lee knew Jesus Christ was his personal savior.

“On June 11, he occupied his place, and claimed his room,” Powell said, raising his voice to booming timbre and moving the crowd to nod.

Lee and Staff Sgt. Arnold were the fourth members of the Guard’s 155th Brigade Combat Team from South Mississippi to be killed in action in a three-week span.

Spc. Danny Varnado, 23, and Spc. Bryan Barron, 26, both of Gulfport, were killed in Iraq in a similar attack on May 23.

Lee and Arnold were with the Guard’s Company B, 150th Combat Engineer Battalion, based in Lucedale.

The 150th is part of the 155th Combat Brigade Team, which is known as Dixie Thunder.

Currently, there are about 4,000 members of the 155th deployed to Iraq. Sixteen have been killed in action since they deployed in January.