Now Playing:Sgt First Class Alex Granado - Honored Military Hero, 081009
Description: Army Sgt. 1st Class Alejandro Alex Granado - Honored Military Hero,
42, of Fairfax, VA., died from wounds suffered when insurgents
attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device Aug. 2 in
Qole Gerdsar, Afghanistan. He was a member of the Mississippi Army
National Guard, and assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special
Forces Group (Airborne), Jackson, Miss. He served for more than
twenty years. Granado was home last month and visited his family
over the 4th of July holiday. There ...