09-03-2006
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County Executive
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
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Member Since: Feb 2005
Location: California
Posts: 382
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Re: The Iraq Page, RIP soldiers
Matt, thank you soooo much. You rock.
 
Jacob Bruce Kovco
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Private Jacob (Jake) Bruce Kovco was one of Australia's most highly trained and respected snipers.
The 25-year-old father of two was today named as Australia's first fatal casualty in the Iraq conflict - dying from an accidental shot to the head while cleaning a 9mm Browning automatic pistol on Friday afternoon.
He died in a US Army combat surgical hospital where he was surrounded by his mates, who draped his body in an Australian flag and with a paratrooper's beret on his chest as they said the Lord's Prayer.
Private Kovco, who is survived by wife Shelley and two children, Tyrie and Alana, was born in Melbourne and grew up in Victoria.
He enlisted in the Australian Regular Army in March 2002 - fulfilling a life-long ambition. After successfully completing the recruit training course, he was selected for Infantry Corps and posted to the School of Infantry, Singleton, in May 2002.
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Rest in Peace Jake.
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