Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class David A. Cedergren
Death: Sep 11, 2004
" of South St. Paul Minn.; assigned to the 2nd Marine Division Fleet Marine Forces Atlantic; died Sept. 11 in a non-combat-related incident near Iskandariayah Iraq. David A. Cedergren was the kind of guy who would share his care packages from home if he noticed a fellow sailor without one. ""Dave would have given anything he would have owned to anybody at any time his brother Brad said. And he has a smile that would cheer anybody up no matter what they were going through."" Cedergren25 of South St. Paul Minn. died Sept. 11 after being found unconscious in a shower. Cedergren based at Camp Lejeune N.C. liked cars motorcycles rebuilding motors and tae kwon do. He planned to go back to school to become a nurse anesthetist. ""This guy was amazing. He was absolutely everything that anybody would want as a friend said his brother Barry. He didn't go over there as someone to kill. He went over there because he wanted to help people."" In March Cedergren went to Iraq a place he joked was the land of ""long never-ending sandy beaches said his sister Jodi Jensen. Cedergren also is survived by his father and stepmother Bart and Pam Cedergren and his mother Deb Cedergren. — Associated Press"