Sheldon Tate

Staff Sgt. Sheldon L. Tate, age 27, of Hinesville, Ga., joined the Army Oct. 18, 2001, as a food services specialist.

Sheldon Tate died Tuesday, July 13, 2010, while repelling an insurgent attack on an Afghan police compound in Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

Sheldon Tate is survived by his wife Marion, his daughter Kiante, his parents Walter and Valerie Moore and sister Ebony.

Let us pray to God the Father, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Sheldon Tate is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen