Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets graduate Jeffrey Kaylor was killed in a grenade attack Monday in Iraq.
He is believed to be the fourth Virginian to have died during the war.
Kaylor, 24, served as second lieutenant on reconnaissance with the C Battery, 39th Artillery Battalion, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Fellow graduates recalled Kaylor's bravery during training at Tech.
"If there was something we didn't want to do, he would be there doing it first," said Elizabeth Tedrick a senior cadet, who was a member of Kaylor's cadre her freshman year.
Friends and family held a wreath laying ceremony in Kaylor's memory at the Virginia Tech War Memorial Chapel in Blacksburg, Va. Yesterday's flag lowering included a memorial ceremony.
Kaylor graduated from Tech in August 2001 and thereafter was recruited as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army's field artillery branch.
--Comp. by Natasha Altamirano
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