ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Staff Sergeant 'Died Doing What He Loved'
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Army Staff Sgt. Chad Alan Barrett was buried yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Barrett, 35, lived in Fountain, Colo., near Fort Carson, where he was posted. He died Feb. 2 as a result of an unspecified "non-combat-related incident'' that is under investigation, the Defense Department said.
"This was Chad's 12th year in the military, and he died doing what he loved, being a soldier,'' said Barrett's wife of eight years, Shelby. He had one son.
Barrett was a petroleum supply specialist with the 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. He served in Iraq from November 2005 to November 2006 and returned to Iraq last November for another one-year deployment.
Barrett was a native of the Johnson City, Tenn., area and enlisted in the Army in Saltville, Va., in 1996. He spent his first four years at Fort Hood, Texas, and was then transferred to Fort Lee, Va. In 2002, he was deployed to Germany and served with the 1st Armored Division.
Barrett's unit was operating in Mosul, in northern Iraq, which has been particularly dangerous in recent weeks. Five U.S. soldiers died Jan. 28 in Mosul when an American military convoy came under heavy gunfire and then was hit by a roadside bomb.
-- Eric Weiss
