RELEASE NUMBER: 070212-01
DATE POSTED: FEBRUARY 12, 2007

PRESS RELEASE:  Army Ranger killed in Iraq

U.S. Army Special Operations Command

FORT BENNING, GA. (USASOC News Service, Feb. 12, 2007) — An Army Ranger assigned to 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, died when his vehicle was struck by an IED while conducting combat operations in northern Iraq, Feb. 9.

Sgt. James J. Regan, a fire team leader, was moving with his unit to an objective when he was killed by known enemies of the United States.

Regan, 26, of Manhasset, N.Y., volunteered for military service and entered the Army in February 2004.  After completing basic infantry, basic airborne and Ranger Indoctrination training here, he was assigned to 3rd Bn., in September 2004. He also served as a machine gunner and a gun team leader while assigned to his Ranger company.

Regan was a three-time veteran of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.  He was promoted to the rank of sergeant Feb. 1.

His awards and decorations include the Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Combat Infantryman Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge and Ranger Tab.

He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, and Meritorious Service Medal.

In 1998, Regan graduated from Chaminade High School in Mineola, N.Y., and graduated from Duke University, Durham, N.C., in 2002.
  
Regan is survived by his parents, James P. and Mary R. Regan of Manhasset and his sisters, Maribeth, Colleen and Michaela.  He is also survived by his fiancée, Mary McHugh of Atlanta, Ga.,
                                                                       

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Sgt. James J. Regan, an Army Ranger assigned to 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, died when his vehicle was struck by an IED while conducting combat operations in northern Iraq, Feb. 9.