Army Pfc. Tan Q. Ngo
Death: Aug 27, 2008
of Beaverton Ore.; assigned to the 1st Battalion 4th Infantry Regiment Hohenfels Germany; Died Aug. 27 in Kandahar Afghanistan when his mounted patrol received small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire. Army Pvt. Tan Q. Ngo remembered The Associated Press One of Tan Q. Ngo’s hobbies was cooking. He could turn anything even potatoes and eggs into a meal as long as it was super spicy said his brother. “He could put anything together and make it taste good” Timmy Ngo said. Ngo20 of Beaverton Ore. was killed Aug. 27 by small-arms and rocket-propelled-grenade fire in Zabul province. He was a 2006 high school graduate and was assigned to Hohenfels Germany. “He wanted to protect his country. He didn’t want another 9/11” said his mother Binh Thanh Sam. “He said ‘This is our home now I want to take care of it.’” He walked his younger brothers to school. He volunteered through Key Club at school and spent a year in the Job Corps working to become a chef and then as a house painter. He also liked video games including Grand Theft Auto and Halo. “He always said ‘Mom I love you’” Sam said. “He was a big boy but a little kid at heart.” He liked nothing better than playing pickup basketball or football or playing cards with friends. “He had lots of moms; he was a neighborhood boy” Sam said. He also is survived by his father Ut Quoc Ngo.Operation Enduring freedom