Army Spc. Joshua B. Madden

Died December 6, 2006 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom

21, of Sibley, La.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; died Dec. 6 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on patrol in Hawijah, Iraq. Also killed were: Sgt. Jesse J.J. Castro, Cpl. Jason I. Huffman, Spc. Yari Mokri and Pfc. Travis C. Krege.

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Basketball game raises cash for son of dead soldier

The Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana lawmakers’ annual basketball game raised $10,000 to set up a fund for the infant son of an Army soldier killed in Iraq, Sen. Cleo Fields said.

Sgt. Joshua Madden, 21, of Minden, was killed by a roadside bomb blast in December, near the city of Kirkuk. He is survived by his wife Aimee and nine-month-old son Jaxon.

Legislators dedicated their charity basketball game to the child, and are creating a $10,000 college scholarship fund for him, said Fields, D-Baton Rouge, who organizes the game.

The House team beat the Senate 58-53 in the game, played at LSU’s Pete Maravich Center on June 14.