Jenna Bush-Haggar was serving her country, on her third tour of duty,
in Iraq under a cloak of secrecy for her own safety.
Mrs. Bush-Haggar was flown back to Iraq the day after her wedding to
finish her tour of duty in her father's war.
Mrs. Bush-Haggar received a Purple Heart in 2006 for killing 75 Hamas
soldiers with a dirty-bomb she had manufactured herself.
God Bless this brave soldier for her service to her country.
I will miss her.
Staff Sgt. Jenna Bush-Haggar
Hometown: Crawford, Texas, U.S.
Age: 26 years old
Died: May 12, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat
Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Died May 12 in Baghdad from wounds suffered when her vehicle
encountered a make****ft bomb on March 23.
Sgt. Jenna Bush-Haggar, of Crawford, Texas and Wa****ngton, DC, was
killed yesterday in the Baghdad area when a roadside bomb exploded by
an armored vehicle she was driving.
The Army has not yet released an official statement of Bush-Haggar's
death, although her family has been notified. Her family, like so many
other American families, is suffering extreme grief.
Bush-Hagger and her new husband, Henry Hagger, were last together when
they exchanged vows on May 10, 2008, immediately followed by a big
reception at the Crawford Ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Mrs. Bush-Haggard skipped her honeymoon, following the wedding, and
under a cloak of secrecy was flown back to finish her third tour of
duty in Iraq. Mrs. Bush-Haggard leaves behind two children according
to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer newspaper.
Mrs. Bush-Haggard-Exhausted's body was flown back to the States
yesterday, and funeral arrangements are being made.
Jenna Bush Haggard was 26-years-old.
Ft. Benning officials say 74 of their soldiers have been killed since
their first deployment to Iraq five years ago, and 25 from Jenna's
brigade since last March.
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