Andy
Houghton memorialized at Jesuit
Captain Andrew Ryan Houghton’s deeply moving memorial
service was held on Wednesday, August 18 at the Parsley
Center. Houghton, class of ‘97, became the first
Strake Jesuit graduate ever to be killed in combat.
Capt. Houghton died on August 9, 2004 after being severely
injured on July 10, by shrapnel from a rocket propelled
grenade in Ad Duluiyah, Iraq while leading his 3rd Platoon,
Anvil Troop, into battle. |
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