Former UGA cheerleader killed in Iraq [View All]

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

 
Former UGA cheerleader killed in Iraq

> Associated Press
> Published on: 06/20/05

ATHENS — A former University of Georgia cheerleading captain who was known for "carrying bullets in one pocket and Beanie Babies in the other" as a soldier has been killed in Iraq, his father said Monday.

Second Lt. Noah Harris, 23, of the 3rd Infantry Division, was killed Friday in Baquba, Iraq after a roadside bomb detonated near his armored Humvee, said his father, Rick Harris of Ellijay, Ga. Another soldier, a gunner, was killed and the driver of the vehicle suffered burns on 80 percent of his body, Rick Harris said.

The Pentagon on Monday could not immediately confirm the deaths, said spokeswoman Lt. Col. Pamela Hart.

Noah Harris joined the Army after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, telling his father that people "must serve some higher purpose than yourself in life."

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