Three boys. Three Round Rock ISD high schools. Three members of the Class of 1999.
Joseph Fite, Steven Gill and Dustin Brisky made the ultimate sacrifice to our country during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Corporal Joseph Fite
U.S. Marines
Round Rock HS Class of 1999
Died January 9, 2005
Corporal Joseph E. Fite, died in hostile action when a driver crashed through a checkpoint barricade in Anbar province, Iraq, and struck him. He was based in Austin, Texas, with the Marines Reserve 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment.
Source: The Military Times
Corporal Steven P. Gill
U.S. Marines
Westwood HS Class of 1999
Died July 21, 2005 near Zaidon, Iraq
Gill was assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, San Antonio; attached to Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force. He was killed by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations near Zaidon, Iraq.
Source: The Military Times
Corporal Dustin Brisky
U.S. Army
McNeil HS Class of 1999
Died June 14, 2007 in Tallil, Iraq
Brisky was assigned to the Army Reserve’s 952nd Engineer Company, Paris, Texas, attached to the 92nd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; He died in Tallil, Iraq, of wounds sustained in an explosion.
Source: The Military Times
Editor’s Note: From the very first graduating class of Round Rock High School, to the present day war in Iraq and Afghanistan, thousands of former Round Rock ISD students have headed the call of duty to serve our country during times of peace and at times of war. Not all returned home.
