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Jeff was a Pike at Virginia Tech also. He and his wife were just married last July, and she was also in Iraq. She came home with his body. His driver survived the attack, but lost his arm...I found out about him from a wife of one of his brothers who is also in the Army (but is not overseas)...

VIRGINIA TECH GRADUATE, CORPS ALUMNUS KILLED IN IRAQ

BLACKSBURG, April 9, 2003 - U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jeffrey J. Kaylor, a 2001 graduate of Virginia Tech and an alumnus of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, was killed in a grenade attack while leading his platoon in Iraq Sunday.

"Jeff was a magnificent cadet, an absolutely outstanding leader, and a role model for both cadets and soldiers," said Col. Thomas Banasik, head of Army ROTC at Tech. "He left a legacy of excellence. Everyone here is pretty sad right now."

According to preliminary reports from the Pentagon, Kaylor, who was with the C Battery, 39th Artillery Battalion, was leading his Multiple Rocket Launcher System platoon on a reconnaissance mission when they came under grenade attack, Banasik said.

Kaylor, a graduate of Centreville High School, is the son of Mike and Roxanne Kaylor of Clifton, Banasik said. His father is a retired Army lieutenant colonel. Kaylor originally enrolled at Radford University, but transferred to Tech after his freshman year because he wanted to be in the corps of cadets.

Kaylor was a cadet Army battalion commander in the fall of 2000, a member of C Company, a distinguished military graduate, and was a three-year scholarship winner, Banasik said.

Kaylor's wife, the former Jennifer L. Cosbey, is a 2002 graduate of Tech and was also in the corps. She has been serving in the Gulf region as a military police officer but is returning home.

The Corps will hold a retreat ceremony in honor of Lt. Kaylor, 4:45 PM, Thursday, April 10 in front of Lane Hall. The university community is invited.

Photo available at the Corps of Cadets website at http://www.vtcc.vt.edu/