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Hoby F. Bradfield Jr

    
Thursday, July 14 2005 @ 08:16 AM EDT
Contributed by: tomw
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Individuals USThe Courier-Online --  Spc. Hoby F. Bradfield Jr., 22, a member of the Army's 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based at Fort Carson, Colo. was killed during a firefight near Tal Afar, Iraq, Friday, according to the Department of Defense.
As medical personnel attempted to evacuate the injured Bradfield to a hospital in Mosul, their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. The blast caused the vehicle, carrying Bradfield and the medical crew, to overturn, killing the driver and seriously injuring another passenger, said Bradfield's half-brother, Christopher Orr.
Bradfield, who had lived with Orr during his stay in Montgomery County, died before making it to the hospital.
"Hoby Junior was very patriotic," said his paternal grandmother, Mary Sikes, in a telephone interview from her Mobile, Ala., home. "He believed in what he was doing and was willing to do it."

Bradfield, a scout with the heavy armor unit, was on his second tour in Iraq. He was deployed in March after returning home just a year earlier from his first one-year tour in the war-torn country.
"He re-enlisted after his first tour to stay in Fort Carson," Orr said. "He knew pretty much as soon as he got back from Iraq the first time that they would be headed back."
Bradfield originally intended to re-enlist for an assignment at Fort Hood here in Texas, to be closer to his older half-brother. But last winter, he met and married Crystin Bradfield in Colorado. Crystin is set to give birth to Hoby's daughter in September.
"It's a little girl, which is what Hoby Junior wanted," Sikes said. "He wrote me a letter about his wife and the baby, and he said, 'Nana, I never believed you could love anyone that you have never seen as much as I already love this baby.'"
That loving and affectionate person is the Hoby Bradfield that Woodlands resident Margaret Eichelberger will always remember.
"He was a neat kid, full of energy and great fun to be with," said Eichelberger, whose niece is married to Orr.
Eichelberger said Bradfield was following in the footsteps of his father, who retired from the Navy, and half-brother, who spent six years in the Army, when he joined the military.
"He was excited about going in the Army because Chris was in the Army," she said. "He took it very seriously. He knew the dangers and was still ready to go."
Bradfield's younger brother Jared also joined the military. He is a Marine, currently assigned to guard the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
"He and his brother used to pick on each other because one was in the Army and one was in the Marines," Sikes said. "Hoby Junior would always tell Jared that the Army was better, and Jared would tell Hoby Junior that the Marines were better."
Jared Bradfield will return to the United States Thursday to attend his brother's funeral, which will be held sometime next week at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Bradfield, who was born in Florida and spent much of his childhood and teenage years in Virginia Beach, Va., moved to The Woodlands after he graduated from high school. During his time in Texas, Bradfield lived with Orr and his wife D'Ann and worked at an Academy Sporting Goods store.
He is survived by his father and stepmother, Hoby and Elizabeth Buck Bradfield, of Norfolk, Va.; mother, Diane Sterling, of Chicago; siblings, Jared Bradfield, Chris Orr, Brandon Buck and Jessica Buck; and grandparents, Aaron and Mary Sikes.
 
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Hoby F. Bradfield Jr
Authored by: anonymous on Sunday, July 17 2005 @ 10:29 AM EDT
Hoby,
I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your family, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

"Brave Rifles!"
Hoby F. Bradfield Jr
Authored by: anonymous on Sunday, July 17 2005 @ 08:28 PM EDT
Hoby was a light for the world and will be missed by all who knew and loved him.
Hoby F. Bradfield Jr
Authored by: anonymous on Friday, July 29 2005 @ 08:31 PM EDT
I only met hoby once but I was very good friends with his younger brother Jared. If those two are anything alike then the world has suffered a great loss. When I last saw Jared I regret not giving a more heartfelt condolence and relying it to his family.
Hoby F. Bradfield Jr
Authored by: anonymous on Friday, July 29 2005 @ 08:31 PM EDT
I only met hoby once but I was very good friends with his younger brother Jared. If those two are anything alike then the world has suffered a great loss. When I last saw Jared I regret not giving a more heartfelt condolence and relying it to his family.
Hoby F. Bradfield Jr
Authored by: anonymous on Saturday, August 06 2005 @ 08:21 PM EDT
I knew Hoby from working with him at Academy.I enlisted in the Marine Corps a few weeks before he left for the Army.Hoby is one of the greatest soldiers I know from any one of the armed services.He was very patriotic and proud of what he was doing.Sadley I only talked to him once after he got back from Iraq. We would always had a fun time shooting at the rifle range near our work.Back then he showed this future Marine a thing or two about how to shoot a rifle.Hoby will be greatly missed.
Hoby F. Bradfield Jr
Authored by: anonymous on Saturday, September 03 2005 @ 07:41 PM EDT
I was friends with Hoby in high school. I was in NJROTC with him. When my dad called me and told me what had happened to him, i couldnt believe it. My deepest sympathy goes out to his whole family. Hoby will definately be missed.
Jennifer A
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