James M. Treber, Army Sergeant -- Rest In Peace

James M. Treber, 24

Army, Sergeant
Based: Ft. Bragg, N.C.
1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom
Died: June 29, 2008
Khosrow-E Sofla, Afghanistan
Married
Gender: Male
Hometown: Imperial Beach
High School: Mar Vista Senior High (Imperial Beach)
Burial: Cremated

I told him from day one, 'You're supposed to bury me, I'm not supposed to bury you.' I told him, 'I love this country, but I don't know if I love it enough to give up a son for it.'
— Gordon Treber, father

Treber, who had recently married, died six weeks after arriving in Iraq for his first combat tour. He and two other soldiers drown when their vehicle crashed into a canal. One of Treber's last acts was to free another soldier from his seatbelt and give him his airpocket. "He knew there was not enough room for both of us to breathe," the lone surviving soldier said to a military news service.

In addition to his father and mother, Treber is survived by his wife, Tamila, of Fayetteville, N.C.; his stepmother, Nicole; two brothers, Gordon Treber Jr. of San Diego and Daniel Hunt of San Mateo, Calif.; two sisters, Barbara Hunt of Orange and Angel Hunt of Modesto; and his grandparents, Paul and Kate Treber of Colton, Ore., and Nathan and Thelma Jacques of Mohave Valley, Ariz.

Do please read more about Army Sgt. James M. Treber here, here and here. And look at photographs here.
Sergeant James M. Treber is also remembered on the Oregon.gov page.

This post honoring Army Sergeant James M. Treber is a slightly edited reposting of the remembrance at Boom3 on June 29, 2010.

See also, Honor My Hero