Army Cpl. Kevin W. Prince
22, of Plain City, Ohio; assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Irwin, Calif.; died April 23 in Baghdad of injuries sustained in Iskandariyah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee.
Family, friends bid farewell to Ohio soldier
Associated Press
Kevin Prince joined the Army for the opportunities it afforded — he wanted to go to college.
Spc. Prince, 22, who was with the 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, out of Fort Irwin, Calif., was killed April 23 by a roadside bomb while he was on patrol in Iskandariyah, Iraq.
More than 100 mourners attended a memorial service Saturday for Prince in North Woodbury, Ohio, 45 miles northeast of Columbus. Visitation with the family was Sunday at a funeral home before Prince was buried at a cemetery in Plain City, where he grew up.
Pictures at the memorial showed Prince wearing a black tuxedo with a prom date and in fatigues holding a rifle.
His sister-in-law, Ember Prince, said God sent Kevin Prince to Iraq to help “protect the freedom we enjoy everyday.”
