IFD firefighter killed by roadside bomb in Iraq

IFD Captain Gary Henry

IFD firefighter killed by roadside bomb in Iraq

Updated: Aug 5, 2008 06:31 PM EDT

Mary Milz/Eyewitness News

Indianapolis - The city's firefighters are mourning the loss of one of their own.

Indianapolis Fire Captain Gary Henry, 34, a sergeant in the Indiana National Guard, was killed early Monday while serving in Iraq. Mayor Greg Ballard remembered Henry as "a good man."

"He was pretty well-known, had a reputation for being dependable, a team player and a family man," Ballard said.

Indiana Adjutant General Major General R. Martin Umbarger said Henry and two other Hoosiers were on a combat operation in southern Baghdad when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.

Twenty-two-year-old Jonathan Menke of Madison also died in the attack, while 25-year-old John Blickenstaff of Twelve Mile was severely injured.

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Rest in peace :-(