The 22nd Infantry Regiment Society

The 22^nd Infantry Regiment Society

is a veterans and an active duty organization dedicated to continuing the heritage and traditions

of one of the U.S. Army's finest units,

The 22^nd Infantry Regiment.

"Those are Regulars by God!!!"

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The Department of Defense announced the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died April 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Details on Cpt. Andrew. R. Pearson, 32, of Billings, Mont and Spc. Ronald J. Tucker, 21, of Fountain, Colo. will be posted when available.

Cpt. Andrew R. Pearson, 32, of Billings Montana, an Infantry Officer, entered the military in June 1998. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division since February 2007.

Spc. Ronald James Tucker, 21, of Fountain, Colorado, an Indirect Fire Infantryman, entered the military in February 2006. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, since August 2006.

Pearson and Tucker deployed March 2008.

Captain Pearson’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Air Assault, Combat Infantry Badge, Expert Infantry Badge, Parachutist Badge, and the Ranger Tab.

Specialist Tucker’s awards and decorations include the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Army Service Ribbon.

Tucker, a 2005 graduate of Foun- tain-Fort Carson High School, joined the Army in 2005 and was trained to be a mortarman. He was assigned to Fort Hood in August 2006 and went to the Middle East this year.

    "Ronnie had a passion to be successful," said Fountain-Fort Carson dean of students Mitch Johnson, who had known Tucker since he was a first-grader. "He was a hard-working student."

    Johnson said Tucker was the kind of kid most school administrators don't notice, because he worked so hard and kept his nose clean.

    But Ronnie stood out for the right reasons, including his sense of humor.

    "If there was a good practical joke to be played, you could count on Ronnie having that grin on his face," Johnson said.

    Johnson said it was no surprise that Tucker joined the Army after high school.

    "He was a young man who had been around the military influence here the whole time he was in school."

    Tucker is the third Fountain-Fort Carson graduate to die in Iraq.

    Johnson said Tucker, the 58th Colorado native killed in the Iraq war, is survived by his mother and two sisters.

    Tucker's death came as fighting raged in Baghdad between Shiite militiamen loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and Army forces. This week, Fort Carson's 3rd Brigade Combat team suffered six wounded soldiers during a four-hour firefight in Baghdad's Shiite slum, Sadr City.

    Fighting continued Friday with several attacks on the Fort Carson soldiers while they built barriers to close off Sadr City. Just before 6 p.m. soldiers from Fort Carson's 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment were ambushed with rifle fire from a building in Sadr City.

    A news release from the Army's Baghdad headquarters said the soldiers called in air support, and the building was destroyed by a pair of Hellfire missiles.

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Remember Our Brothers On The Battlefield

Almighty and Merciful God grant to the "Regulars" of the 22nd Infantry, brave in battle and strong in Faith, who always give example of courage in fighting for God and country alike, and who are ever prepared for the ultimate sacrifice of their lives in Combat, grant them new power, success, and happiness in your all seeing Providence watch over our Battalion. Help our men in all ways so that it can be truly said of them, "They are good Troopers", They are "Regulars". Make them strong and brave, ready to give their best for that cause which their country fights. Watch over and protect them. Preserve them from the wounds and dangers of battle. Keep them proud of their Unit, proud of their Commander, proud of "Old Glory", proud of their Country, so that in war or in peace they may always stand ready to protect the God given rights of This, their America.

- C. 1967 author unknown

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