Rachael L. Hugo
Date of Death: 10/05/2007
Age: 24
Incident Location: Bayji, Iraq
Hometown: Madison
Branch of Service: Army
Unit: 303rd Military Police Company, 97th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, U.S. Army Reserve
Unit Base: Jackson, Michigan
Spc. Rachael L. Hugo, 24, of Madison, Wis., died Oct. 5, 2007 in Bayji, Iraq, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked her unit using an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. She had been deployed for just over a year and was expected to return home that November. She was a combat medic assigned to the 303rd Military Police Company, 97th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, U.S. Army Reserve, Jackson, Mich.
Hugo was a resident of Madison, Wis. at the time of her passing. She attended Sandburg Elementary School. She graduated from Madison East High School in 2001. Her family said that Hugo was studying to be a nurse and had been accepted at Viterbo College in La Crosse.
Hugo was a resident of Madison, Wis. at the time of her passing. She attended Sandburg Elementary School. She graduated from Madison East High School in 2001. Her family said that Hugo was studying to be a nurse and had been accepted at Viterbo College in La Crosse.