How Richard died

Killed during combat operations in Baghdad. [source: Faces of the Fallen]
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Dept. of Defense News Release

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7 entries - The Iraq Page

Memorial Sites

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Obituaries

Hartford Courant
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Press Coverage [source: Faces of the Fallen]

Sergeant Was Father Figure to Unit
  (Washington Post, March 6, 2007)

A Fallen Soldier Honored
  (Hartford Courant, March 2, 2007)

Eastern Connecticut grieves 'true hero'
  (Norwich Bulletin, March 2, 2007)