Age: 25

Hometown: Abilene, TX

Corps Outfit: I-1

Military Unit: 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division

1st Lt. Doyle M. Hufstedler was seeking a 15-day leave so he could return home to hold his baby, due in May. By telephone, Hufstedler and his wife Leslie agreed on a name for their baby: Grace Ashley. Hufstedler, 25, of Abilene, Texas, died March 31 in Habbaniyah, Iraq, when a bomb detonated under the armored personnel carrier he was in. Hufstedler met his wife at Texas A&M University, proposing to her in the end zone at halftime of a football game. They celebrated their first wedding anniversary in August and learned Leslie was pregnant. Less than a week later, Hufstedler was sent to Iraq.

Source: The Associated Press

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