Army Spc. Russell H. Nahvi
24, of Arlington, Texas; assigned to the 5th
Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.;
killed Oct. 19 when his Humvee was struck by enemy
indirect fire during patrol operations in Balad,
Iraq. Also killed were Sgt. Arthur A. Mora Jr. and
Spc. Jose E. Rosario.
The 24-year-old medic
is a graduate of
the Rescue Training Inc "Tactical Medic Course". An
award in his name (on behalf of all tactical medic
graduates of the RTI EMT-T course) is presented to one person at the
completion of each Tactical Medic course.
"He e-mailed his sister the day he
died, and he told her not to tell us that he would
be going in on patrol," said his mother, Nancy Nahvi,
of Arlington. "That's where it all happened"
Two weeks before his death, her son
told her that he was bored when confined to the base
and wanted to be in the field, where he could
actively help. When his friend and fellow medic went
on leave, he volunteered to fill in on patrols,
Nancy Nahvi said.
He was participating in one such
patrol when indirect enemy fire struck his vehicle.
Also killed in the attack were Sgt. Arthur A. Mora
Jr., 23, of Pico Rivera, Calif. and Spc. Jose E.
Rosario, 20, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands. All three
were assigned to the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry
Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry
Division in Fort Stewart, Ga.
Russell Nahvi joined the military in
2003 and was inspired to become a medic by a
television series about soldiers, as well as by her
own experience as a nurse, Nancy Nahvi said.
The soldier was a 1999 graduate of
Arlington Martin High School. He studied at the
University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Tech
University and Texas Christian University before
deciding to enlist, his mother said.
He is survived by his
mother, his father, Sam Nahvi, and his sister, Nina
Nahvi.
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