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From: Norma Adams <>
Subject: Sgt 1st Class Lance Scott Cornett
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:52:18 -0500

Cornett, Sgt. 1st Class Lance Scott
A U.S. Army special operations soldier based in Fort Bragg, N.C., died Feb.
3, 2006, while engaging the enemy during a firefight in the vicinity of
Ramadi, central Iraq. Sgt. 1st Class Lance S. Cornett, 33, a special
operations team member was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Ft. Bragg, N.C., and was
deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cornett was killed in
action Feb. 3, 2006. He died from injuries sustained while engaging the
enemy during a firefight in the vicinity of Ramadi. Cornett was born July
11, 1972, in San Francisco, Calif. and graduated from Laurel County High
School in London, Ky.

He first entered the U.S. Army as an infantryman on Aug. 13, 1991, and
after completion of initial entry training, was assigned to the
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 14th Infantry Brigade,
10th Mountain Division. Since that time, Cornett served in 6th Battalion,
101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division; F Co, 51st Infantry Long
Range Surveillance Detachment, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion; Delta
Company, 4th Ranger Training Brigade; Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 4th Ranger Training Brigade. He was assigned to the United States
Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., in May of 2004.

Cornett's military training includes the Air Assault Course, the Basic
Airborne Course, the Sniper Course, the Sapper Leader Course, the Ranger
Course, the Pathfinder Course, the Static Line Jumpmaster Course, the Basic
and the Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course, the Special Forces Diving
Supervisor Course and the Military Freefall Jumpmaster Course.

Cornett's award and decorations included two Bronze Star Medals with Valor
Device, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, three Army Commendation
Medals, nine Army Achievement Medals, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award,
four Army Good Conduct Medals, the National Defense Service Medal with
Bronze Service Star, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with Bronze
Service Star, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Global War On Terrorism
Expeditionary Medal, the Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, the
Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon with numeral three,
the Army Service Ribbon, the Ranger Tab, the Sapper Tab, the Combat
Infantryman's Badge, the Expert Infantryman's Badge, the Pathfinder Badge,
the Military Freefall Jumpmaster Badge, the Master Parachutist Badge, the
Air Assault Badge and the Special Operations Diver Badge.

He is survived by his mother, Karen McMullen, Pulaski, Wis.; father,
Rhudell Cornett, London, Ky.; wife, Sandra (Smith) Cornett, Fayetteville,
N.C.; daughter, Brandy Rudy and husband, Sgt. Benjamin Rudy, son,
Christopher Hart, daughter, Brianna C. Cornett and grandchildren, Logan
Scott Rudy and Taylor Nicole Rudy, all of Fayetteville, N.C.; sister,
Cristal Chestnut and husband, Jimmy, London, Ky.; grandmother, Mary Lou
Egan, Iron River, Mich.
He was preceded in death by grandparents, Carl Cornett, Goldie Allred,
James Egan, Luverna Barney; and twin sisters, Cindy and Mindy Cornett.
Visitation was Monday, Feb. 13, at London Funeral Home, London, Ky. Funeral
Feb. 14 10 a.m. at the funeral home with Chaplain Michael R. Thompson
officiating. Burial Marcum Family Cemetery, Manchester, Ky. A soldier
detail from Lance's unit will serve as pallbearers. There will also be a
memorial service on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Long Lake Town
Hall in Long Lake, Wis.

Published in the Green Bay PressGazette Feb. 14, 1006

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