Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel R. Sexton
Death: Sep 10, 2008
of Wentzville Mo.; assigned to the 164th Military Police Company Fort Richardson Alaska; Died Sept. 10 at Joint Base Balad Iraq of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel R. Sexton remembered The Associated Press Daniel R. Sexton joined the Army in 1988 when he was 33. His wife said he had regretted not going into the military during the Vietnam War. “He told me he felt guilty about missing Vietnam” Tori Sexton said. Sexton53 of Wentzville Mo. Died Sept. 10 at Joint Base Balad of injuries from a non-combat incident. He was assigned to the 164th Military Police Company Fort Richardson Alaska. After completing basic training at Fort McClellan Sexton served at Army facilities in Korea and Germany as well as several in the U.S. He rode his bicycle most places and was in excellent physical condition. Tori Sexton said she met her future husband in 1991 while he was on leave in New Hampshire. They married four months later. After graduating from Wentzville High School Sexton attended several colleges in Missouri while working in his family’s restaurant business. He was a veteran of the Persian Gulf War. He also is survived by two teenage sons Shane and Corey. Father and sons enjoyed skiing and snowboarding together the family said. The three also enjoyed playing video games and watching cartoons.Operation Iraqi freedom