David N. Crombie
Died: June 7, 2006
Rank: Private First Class
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Divison
Branch: U.S. Army
Private First Class David N. Crombie died on June 7, 2006, when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near his Humvee in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, out of Baumholder, Germany. At the time of his death, he was attached to Task Force 1-35 of the 1st Armored Division, serving with the I Marine Expeditionary Force. That group was one of the first military units to go into unsettled areas of Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where the risk of IEDs was extremely high. Crombie was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
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