Academy grad dies in Iraq
9/23/2004 - U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- A 1989 Air Force Academy graduate died Sept. 14 while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Kevin M. Shea, 38, of Washington, D.C., died from injuries received during enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Department of Defense officials announced Sept. 15.
Major Shea earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the academy. Upon graduation, and at his request, he was commissioned into the Marine Corps. At the time of his death, he was a communications information systems officer deployed from Camp Pendleton, Calif. |
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