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Today I recieved a HEROBRACELET bearing the name 1LT Michael R. Adams.I am posing this thread in honor of this soldier who lost his life in the WAR ON TERROR.16 March 2004 - 1LT Michael R. Adams, 24, (Class of 2002), of Seattle, Washington, died March 16th in Al Asad, Iraq, when the barrel of the .50 caliber weapon mounted on his tank struck him. 1LT Adams was a member of the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort Carson, CO.

'Hero bracelets' pay honor to the fallen By BILL HENDRICK The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 12/20/04 Army Capt. Kristopher Mitchell of Columbus bought one in memory of a friend killed in Afghanistan. Navy Lt. j.g. Kelly Weaverling of Athens ordered her "hero bracelet" to simply honor fallen comrades. So did Airman 1st Class Jana Allen-Wugh of Valdosta. Thousands of Americans are doing the same, from Baghdad to Boise. The stark black bracelets, each poignantly bearing the name of one of the more than 1,300 men and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, are being ordered so fast over...