Age: 26

Hometown: Wagon Mound, NM

Corps Outfit: B-1

Military Unit: 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment

Captain Todd Christmas, Class of 2000, was one of the seven Fort Hood soldiers to die when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed at 7 a.m. on November 28th, 2004, 15 miles north of Temple. The helicopter was en route to Texarkana when it crashed into a television transmitter tower.

Christmas joined the Army in August of 2001 and served a year in Operation Iraqi Freedom before returning to Fort Hood to serve as an air defense artillery officer.

Christmas graduated from A&M in August 2001 with a degree in agricultural economics, and days later on Aug. 18, 2001, married his wife, Erica, a 2001 speech communications graduate.

Source: The Battalion

Messages:

22 October 2008

CPT Todd Christmas was not only one of the best officers I had the opportunity to serve with, he was also one of the best friends I have ever had. I went to war with this guy, and I would do it again, in a heartbeat. I met him only weeks before we deployed to Iraq, and I knew absolutely no one in the unit. I was the green new LT in the Battalion (at Fort Hood, Texas) and he so graciously took me under his wing and showed me the ropes and helped me to learn what it means to be a leader. Although we were practically the same age, I looked up to him like a brother, and laughed with him like a friend. We had some rough times together, and we had some wonderful times together. His family and his wife, Erica, will forever be a part of my family. My wife and I are still very, very close with Erica, and we speak with the Christmas family often. Although Todd was only a part of my life for 16 months, he will have a lasting effect on the remainder of my life. I am a Texas Tech Red Raider through and through, but I will forever hold a special place for the Aggies in my heart, and that is because of CPT Todd T. Christmas. We miss you Todd, and Ill see you on the other end.

Justin C. Vowels - Santa Barbara, CA

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