Army Pfc. Cody J. Orr

Died January 17, 2004 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom

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21, of Ruskin, Fla.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed while conducting a surveillance sweep for improvised explosive devices Jan. 17 when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck such a device and overturned north of Taji, Iraq.

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As a teenager, Cody Orr was a typical country boy. He was fond of John Deere ball caps and Western-style belt buckles and loved anything mechanical, said Wayne Nicholson, Orr’s high school auto tech teacher.

“He was a good, solid kid,” Nicholson said. “He’s the kind of kid who would feel like he had an obligation to his country and would say, “I need to do that.’”

Pfc. Orr, 21, of Ruskin, Fla., died Jan. 17 when a roadside bomb detonated north of Baghdad. He was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. Relatives said Orr was nearing the end of his yearlong duty in Iraq, and was a couple weeks from celebrating his first wedding anniversary. Orr and his wife, Jackie, had three weeks together after their wedding before Orr was shipped overseas.

“He and Jackie were buying a house and talking about having children,” said his aunt, DiAnn Miller.

— Associated Press