SSG Ioasa F. Tavae Jr.

Army SSG Ioasa F. Tavae Jr., 29, of Pago Pago, American Samoa;

assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment,

1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.;

killed April 2 when his unit was attacked by

enemy forces using small-arms fire in Mosul, Iraq.

 Died:  April 2, 2005