| SPC Daniel E. Gomez United States Army KIA 18 July 2007 |
| Tributes Memorial Page Established By-Marian Gomez Army Spc. Daniel E. Gomez 21, of Warner Robins, Ga.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died July 18 in Adhamiyah, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire. Also killed were Sgt. 1st Class Luis E. Gutierrez-Rosales, Spc. Zachary R. Clouser and Spc. Richard Gilmore III. Army Spc. Daniel Enrique Gomez is being remembered by those who knew him as a natural leader, hard worker, caregiver and loving son. "I knew Daniel very well," said Warner Robins High School principal Steve Monday. "He was a leader in our school, an excellent, well-rounded, mature person." Gomez, who graduated in 2004, was "one of the best and brightest we had to offer," Monday recalled. "His death really brings things back home. I'm shocked and saddened. He was a tremendous young man." The young soldier's father, Juan Gomez, recalled that in his son's last visit to Warner Robins in early June while on a rest-and-recovery leave, Daniel's thoughts were half a world away. "He was telling me all the time he was ready to go back," Juan Gomez said. "He wanted to be with his buddies and take care of them." |
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