Specialist Donald Valentine III
U.S. Army 03/05/86-09/18/07 The Woodlands, Texas Specialist Donald E. Valentine III of the United States Army was born in Houston, Texas, on March 5, 1986. Donald Valentine joined the United States Army because of the 9/11 attack on this country. Specialist Valentine was killed along with two other soldiers on September 18, 2007, in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, when an IED, an improvised explosive device, detonated near him. Specialist Donald Valentine III comes from a military family. His father, Donald II, is a Navy veteran. His brother Daniel wanted to enlist to be with his brother Donald in Iraq, and Daniel, 19, still intends to join the military. Specialist Valentine is the 91st fallen service member with ties to the Houston area to have been killed in Iraq or Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division of the Stryker Brigade Combat Team from Fort Lewis, Washington. Specialist Valentine lived a short but faithful life to the things that were important to him: family and country. He was 21 when he was killed. General George Patton was right about such warriors. We should thank God that such men as Specialist Donald Valentine III ever lived.