Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan
Military Person
1987 – 2007
Who was Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan?
Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan was a Muslim-American U.S. Army Specialist who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for his service. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
The son of Feroze Khan of New Jersey and Elsheba Khan of Maryland, Khan was a 2005 graduate from Southern Regional High School in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township, New Jersey. Khan was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, based in Fort Lewis, Washington. According to the Gannett News Service, he was "spurred by the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center [and] wanted to show that not all Muslims were fanatics and that many, like him, were willing to lay their lives down for their country, America. He enlisted immediately after graduation and was sent to Iraq in July 2006." He was promoted posthumously to the rank of Corporal.
His service was cited during a 19 October 2008 interview on Meet the Press with general Colin Powell. In particular, Powell referred to a photograph in The New Yorker which showed Khan's mother by his gravestone in Arlington National Cemetery.
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- Born
- Feb 12, 1987
Neptune Township - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Southern Regional High School
- Died
- Aug 6, 2007
Baqubah - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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