Army - Mauldin, SC - March 21, 2007

Sgt. Adrian J. Lewis of Mauldin, South Carolina had already served two previous tours of duty each lasting a year. He left Jan. 15 and was due home for two weeks of leave in July. He and his wife Amanda had planned to go on a cruise. Neither of them had ever been on one. He was 30.

Sgt. Lewis died in Ramadi of wounds suffered when his unit fought enemy forces using small-arms fire during combat operations, according to a news release from the Defense Department.

He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, at Fort Stewart, Ga.