Specialist Ray Michael Fuhrmann, II, United States Army, died 18 Aug 2005 in Samarra, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV following a mine assessing mission. "As a medic, Ray M. Fuhrmann II probably saved more lives in Iraq over the three years than most emergency room doctors. “Ray saved everybody — Iraqis, soldiers, anybody. He didn’t care,” said his wife, Tylea. “He even tried to go to the Iraqi hospitals to help people who were wounded.”"