Mississippi National Guard officials renamed an armory in Natchez in honor of Biloxi native Spec. Bryan Barron, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2005.
Barron died on May 23, 2005, with a Gulfport soldier, Daniel Varnado, and two others from Mississippi when a bomb exploded near their Humvee south of Baghdad. Barron was a member of the 155th Brigade Combat Team.
The bronze plaque on the front of the building was dedicated on what would have been Barron's 29th birthday; the date was chosen randomly. The plaque is a foot and a half by two-foot-wide and bears the likeness of the fallen soldier and the date he died.
Barron believed strongly in the war effort, and was especially proud that the U.S. troops were helping the women of Iraq by overturning an oppressive regime, his brother-in-law, William Nolan said. The mistreatment of women Barron saw during his deployment was very disturbing to the soldier, who often thought about his two daughters and the freedoms they were born with.
Barron died on May 23, 2005, with a Gulfport soldier, Daniel Varnado, and two others from Mississippi when a bomb exploded near their Humvee south of Baghdad. Barron was a member of the 155th Brigade Combat Team.
The bronze plaque on the front of the building was dedicated on what would have been Barron's 29th birthday; the date was chosen randomly. The plaque is a foot and a half by two-foot-wide and bears the likeness of the fallen soldier and the date he died.
Barron believed strongly in the war effort, and was especially proud that the U.S. troops were helping the women of Iraq by overturning an oppressive regime, his brother-in-law, William Nolan said. The mistreatment of women Barron saw during his deployment was very disturbing to the soldier, who often thought about his two daughters and the freedoms they were born with.
Mississippi National Guard officials renamed an armory in Natchez in honor of Biloxi native Spec. Bryan Barron, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2005.
Barron died on May 23, 2005, with a Gulfport soldier, Daniel Varnado, and two others from Mississippi when a bomb exploded near their Humvee south of Baghdad. Barron was a member of the 155th Brigade Combat Team.
The bronze plaque on the front of the building was dedicated on what would have been Barron's 29th birthday; the date was chosen randomly. The plaque is a foot and a half by two-foot-wide and bears the likeness of the fallen soldier and the date he died.
Barron believed strongly in the war effort, and was especially proud that the U.S. troops were helping the women of Iraq by overturning an oppressive regime, his brother-in-law, William Nolan said. The mistreatment of women Barron saw during his deployment was very disturbing to the soldier, who often thought about his two daughters and the freedoms they were born with.
Barron died on May 23, 2005, with a Gulfport soldier, Daniel Varnado, and two others from Mississippi when a bomb exploded near their Humvee south of Baghdad. Barron was a member of the 155th Brigade Combat Team.
The bronze plaque on the front of the building was dedicated on what would have been Barron's 29th birthday; the date was chosen randomly. The plaque is a foot and a half by two-foot-wide and bears the likeness of the fallen soldier and the date he died.
Barron believed strongly in the war effort, and was especially proud that the U.S. troops were helping the women of Iraq by overturning an oppressive regime, his brother-in-law, William Nolan said. The mistreatment of women Barron saw during his deployment was very disturbing to the soldier, who often thought about his two daughters and the freedoms they were born with.
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