{"id":22492,"date":"2024-03-29T14:24:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=fernandez-darrell-lamar"},"modified":"2024-05-12T22:50:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T04:50:44","slug":"fernandez-darrell-lamar","status":"publish","type":"casualty","link":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/?casualty=fernandez-darrell-lamar","title":{"rendered":"Fernandez, Darrell Lamar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: 1\/31\/2009<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rank<\/strong>: Specialist<\/p>\n<p><strong>Branch<\/strong>: U.S. Army<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operation<\/strong>: Operation Iraqi Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"558\" height=\"713\" data-id=\"25505\" src=\"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SPC-Darrell-L-Fernandez.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SPC-Darrell-L-Fernandez.png 558w, https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SPC-Darrell-L-Fernandez-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SPC Darrell L. Fernandez died Jan. 31, 2009 in Kirkuk after a vehicle accident. He was assigned to Fort Carson\u2019s 1<sup>st<\/sup> Battalion, 67<sup>th<\/sup> Armor Regiment, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Brigade Combat Team, 4<sup>th<\/sup> Infantry Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fernandez was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq since joining the Army in July 2002. He previously served there from March 3005 to February 2006. A high school teacher of Darrell L. Fernandez\u2019s said the young man didn\u2019t demand the spotlight. \u201cHe\u2019s just a rock solid person,\u201d said Harry Nordgren. \u201cYou knew he was going to have his work done. When we had debates in class, you knew he was going to defend that position eloquently. A lot of Americans have a tendency to think that this generation can\u2019t be a great generation. Darrell\u2019s sacrifice put the lie to that concept. Fernandez was on his third tour of duty in Iraq. His grandmother, Ida Hamilton, said Darrell had been injured by shrapnel on his second tour of Iraq in 2006, and fought to recover so he could return to Iraq. \u201cIt\u2019s been real rough for all of us,\u201d she said. He also is survived by his wife, Katrina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"casualty-operation":[100],"casualty-tag":[106],"class_list":["post-22492","casualty","type-casualty","status-publish","hentry","casualty-operation-operation-iraqi-freedom","casualty-tag-idaho-casualty"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/22492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/casualty"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/22492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25507,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/casualty\/22492\/revisions\/25507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"casualty-operation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcasualty-operation&post=22492"},{"taxonomy":"casualty-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idahofieldofheroes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcasualty-tag&post=22492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}