SGT Freeman Gardner, Jr.

Army SGT Freeman L. Gardner, Jr., 26, of Little Rock, Ark.;

assigned to the 18th Engineer Company, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team,

2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.;

died March 22 in Baghdad of wounds suffered when an improvised

explosive device detonated near his unit while on combat patrol.

Died:  March 22, 2007